MycoYoho

by Willoughby Arévalo

MycoYoho: Wisdom from the Fungal KINdom
Mixed media on canvas, reproduced on quantum computer, 120”x54”
The DRAWEVERYWHERE/Google Quantum Computing Artist in Residence Program, Creative Exchange on Quantum Computer, 2025.

This epic piece was created over nine months. Set in the majestic Canadian Rockies, MycoYoho shares teachings from fungal relationships, and questions our assumptions about the nature of life. 

Mixing media – from wild ochre from the place of the red earth spirit, to house paint, to ballpoint, to shaggy mane ink, and mixing styles – from realist rendering to surrealistic scale distortions, to scrawled script notes, this wraparound mural offers a plurality of points of entry into the mycelial webs within the soil strata.