Harbor Scene (after John Henry Twachtman)

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, in collaboration with LACMA and Cactoid Labs.

The initiative invited artists to respond to works in the museum's permanent collection, bridging the past with the present through digital art and blockchain technology.

Hobbs was drawn to the gestural and unfinished nature of John Henry Twachtman's work. He was interested in capturing the spirit of 

 while abstracting and expanding it systematically. His exploration aimed to address the question, "Could that sense of freedom and looseness be preserved and still arrive at entirely new compositions?" 

In addition to the three NFTs, a limited edition set of 20 commemorative folios was created that showcase prints of the 

works, the painting by John Henry Twachtman, the algorithm's source code, an essay and quote by the artist, a photograph of his childhood sailboat, a Certificate of Authenticity, and an NCF chip for on-chain registration.