A vertical edit of Traveler for a closer look. On view now at @modernartmuseum_sh There is an old engraving by a draftsman from the Netherlands, Hendrik Hondius, called A Unicorn Chasing Lizards from a Pond, in 1610. The unicorn points his horn down into the muck and drives away various reptilian and amphibian creatures. Some months after I had finished Traveler, I saw this etching by Hondius at LACMA for the first time, and was amazed at the similarities between the two images. Not only was the pose of the unicorn the same, my painting even had a frog at the bottom near the psychedelic soup of colors being stirred up by the unicorn’s horn. Sometimes I feel as if I am traveling through time and channeling alternate dimensions with my work, since it frequently feels out of place and anachronistic in the context of the contemporary art world. Perhaps there is an echo of Hondius that remains in the morphic resonance of the universe, and I have subconsciously inherited the memory of his picture. Directed by James Jean Animation: @zachdarren Modeling: @grahamo_art Music: @nosajthing