Cephalopoda I & II

Cephalopoda I Fine-art Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle 310gsm museum-grade fine art paperHand-deckled edges24" x 36"Limited Edition of 75Numbered Cephalopoda II Fine-art Giclée print on Canson Aquarelle 310gsm museum-grade fine art paperHand-deckled edges36" x 24"Limited Edition of 75Numbered Printed with ♥ by Static Medium Artist Statement Cephalopoda I & II are works inspired by the extraordinary intelligence, emotion, and evolution behind octopuses. My fascination for them stems from their genius. With the typical adult octopus containing 500 million neurons in its body, an intelligence rivaling that of famously smart animals such as cows and apes, the majority of their neurons are in their arms, which can not only touch but smell and taste. Because of this, octopuses excel in discriminative learning. Confronted with two objects, they are able to learn to attack one of them in exchange for a reward, basing their choice on characteristics such as color, shape, texture, or tas