The pandemic has inspired me to examine human's long history of portraying divinity and immortality through the humanization of gods operating at the confluence of history and myth.
   Our ancient desire to outlive our ephemerality has bent the trajectory of our existence towards a god-like potential exemplified in today's ongoing struggle to overcome disease, extend life, and eventually merge humans with our self-created technologies.
   These paintings depicting ancient gods are made on archival polypropylene plastic, a modern invention that lasts forever. They look simultaneously at the deep past of humanity's longing to overcome our ephemerality while considering what art has long depicted through mythology may well be within our reach via today's technology.