This fellow, the third in my Creatures Series, has spent its entire existence in a deep cave system. Its life cycle imbues it with an innate drive towards the surface. At first the caves are so deep that there is nothing but the warmth of nearby magma, but as it rises inexorably towards the sun it finds a pool of water in a particularly craggy chamber. And there it finds something astonishing, its own reflection. This artwork is about exploration and the joy of your own company, even if it isn’t always a joy…