Hatching Form

 

This week there were some pantry moth larva crawling around and it took some time to clean them up. Insects are interesting in that they change form several times before maturing, sort of like certain parasites like malaria. Humans do the same thing just a little less obvious, the fetus is kind of fish-like until born, then it breathes air and looks like a baby. I don't think any of that inspired the painting, but it did inspire the name of the painting. A long time ago I painted Alien Hand, actually titled "Happy Days (Alien Hand on a Post Apocolyptic Earth)" which has some similarities to this painting albeit upside down.  At any rate it was good to clean the palette, I used just about all the paint up and squeezed out a new selection which is always a lot of fun.

Hatching Form, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, July 2023 (No. 3641a)