HABITANTS

Mutualism is a very narrow degree of cooperation between species. Both lead a joint life in close association to the point of being often indiscernible from each other. This cooperation generally has benefits for both (or at least one) of the species, because the association between the two species is mutually beneficial, being useful to both diners. This often implies some degree of tolerance or explicit cooperation between them.

I created these three paintings to represent three different ecosystems. Each is on a hermit crab, and each has a different city on the shell. These temporary and interchangeable armors are both the landscape and part of the landscape in which the crabs inhabit and move.​