Surreal painting of a human–fish hybrid figure, surrounded by layered aquatic forms, organic shapes, and warm textured patterns.

Dycon I
2004
Oil and resin on canvas

61.42 × 37.40 in (156 × 95 cm)

Status: Private Collection

Collection: Yctyogenesis

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Dycon I is one of the earliest embodiments of the Yctyogenesis universe, where evolution breaks from the human path and returns to the sea. The figure appears as a hybrid priest-creature, part crustacean, part human, and part ancestral memory—an organism shaped by pressure, survival, and spiritual adaptation.

The layered exoskeleton, segmented limbs, and luminous membranes suggest a being forged through symbiosis: a lifeform carrying its past within its body, each fold and plate echoing ancient species and forgotten ecosystems. Its posture, both solemn and grounded, hints at ritual or guardianship, as if Dycon I were a keeper of knowledge in this alternate marine lineage.

Rather than a monster, Dycon I stands as a testament to transformation—an evolutionary answer to collapse, and a reminder that identity can persist, mutate, and endure through entirely new forms of existence.