This painting is a commentary on artificial life – I think it will become a real part of our culture within the next few decades. This painting was inspired by one of the first artificial life products, 1957's Instant Life or as it was known after it was renamed in 1962 – Sea Monkeys. Although I always believed it was just monkey eggs and water, I was fascinated by the sci-fi ingredients that seemed liked they were out of a B-movie, and how salt was used to stimulate reproduction. The original comicbook advertisements promised that these miniature creatures were actually trainable. It makes be wonder what brave new future we have waiting for us and what fantastic claims they will make.