Nebraska Arts Council

This body of work started with a researcher’s theory that Bythotrephes, the almost microscopic Spiny Tail Water Flea, may be destroying the food web of Lake Michigan. I abstracted, enlarged and repeated the flea's tail to suggest nature's cycles, connections and chaos.

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Thumbnail image of Web Swirl
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Thumbnail image of Web Sway
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Thumbnail image of Under Swirl
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Thumbnail image of Ouroboros
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