Homo Vanitas

Artist Jimmy Jet

MediumGouache on paper

Dimensions14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection

With highways tunneling out of a sleeve, buildings coming to life, animals floating amidst fragmented terrain, this small painting is bursting with stories to tell, puzzles to unlock. The screwed down framing device appears to be holding it all together.