Ethereum Boy (EthBoy)

Media: Digital art, Oil and microcrystalline wax on canvas

Year: 2020

Collection: Crypto Cubism, EthBoy

Size (H x W): 140cm x 110cm (4 ft 7 ins x 3 ft 7 ins)

Size (W x H): 1437 x 2160 pixels

Ethereum Boy was painted as part of an exploration of Crypto Cubism, a tribute to the creative genius of Picasso that reimagines his works through a 21^st century crypto lens. Ethereum Boy is a play on Picasso’s ‘Paul Dressed as Harlequin’, with Paul replaced by Vitalik Buterin, founder of the Ethereum network and one of the great pioneers of the crypto age.

The next stage on Ethereum Boy’s development came with a collaboration between Trevor and OG crypto artist Alotta Money, creating the unique programmatic work EthBoy. EthBoy’s progress rises and falls, his background updating each day to reflect the ever-fluctuating fortunes of Ether, Bitcoin and Eth gas fees. Some days he’s soaring through the heavens in a green (low gas fee) suit, others plunging to stygian depths with his costume fiery red.