Gallery: Enchanting Paintings Made From the Puke of 250,000 Flies
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John Knuth's *Made in Los Angeles* series uses the digestive systems of more than 250,000 flies to paint these abstract pieces. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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Knuth buys maggots wholesale on the internet. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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Knuth found that he could customize a grotesque color palette depending on what he fed the insects. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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Knuth mixed up a concoction of water, sugar and watercolor paint that the flies would hungrily lap up and then regurgitate. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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The paintings are meant to evoke the smog of Los Angeles. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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A detailed shot of flyspeck. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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This fly is an artist. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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Knuth says flies don't make him squeamish. Clearly. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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A painting from the *Made in Los Angeles* series. *Image: Andy Featherston*
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*Image: Andy Featherston*
