Hand-drawn Digital/Fine Art Print on Metal by Michael Pantuso: Centipede Synthetic Evolution

A centipede made of chrome, gears and wiring scuttles up a field of saffron.

Centipede Synthetic Evolution is a hand-drawn digital fine art print on metal by Michael Pantuso, printed on aluminum. Artists have long combined natural forms with machinery to imagine hybrid creatures, a tradition running from early automata to science fiction. Here a long, segmented centipede is built from metallic plates, rivets and coiled wires, with a red core at its center. Slender legs fan out on each side, their tips trailing fine lines, and long antennae reach toward the top. The figure is set on a bright orange ground. The image is 16 inches wide and 38 high.

The most well-engineered pest imaginable.