Artists Mark Chen and Colleen Maynard found overlapping interest in deep geological time and evolutionary layers, particularly the Permian-Triassic extinction of 251 million years ago that wiped out nearly 90% of living species at the time. A giant spectrum of plants, fish, amphibians, proto-mammals, arthropods and insects died; among them, trilobites remains became some of the most abundant fossils found globally today. Many other species took such significant hits that they were dethroned from thousands of years in the making. Colleen’s vivid drawings honor the extinct creatures into realized complexity. Mark takes calculated jaunts with his handmade projector to photograph the drawings upon surfaces ranging from mountain bluffs to architectural landmarks.