Hand-drawn Digital/Fine Art Print on Metal by Michael Pantuso: Cicada

Half insect, half pocket watch, with wings in orange and black that would suit a racing car.

Cicada is a hand-drawn digital work printed on metal, by Michael Pantuso. It is aluminum. The cicada has long served as an emblem of renewal and patience in many cultures, owing to its years underground before it emerges. Here it is seen from above, wings spread. The body is a dark shell full of gears, springs and dials, with red eyes and fine jointed legs. The forewings are patterned in orange, red, black and white stripes, while the hindwings are clear, traced in thin grey veins. The image is 30 inches wide and 30 high.

Precision engineering, with a summer song somewhere inside.