Muscaria Figure

Randy Tuten

25 1/4” x 20 1/4” x 1 1/4”

Basswood & artist oils 2025

Drawn from the poster work of Randy Tuten, this image reflects the broader visual culture surrounding the Grateful Dead and the San Francisco music scene.

The figure—skeletal, seated among oversized mushrooms—combines humor, distortion, and rhythm. A radiating field behind the form introduces motion, while the composition remains centered and contained.

In carving and painting this piece, the emphasis shifts toward expansion. Color, repetition, and pattern carry the image, allowing the surface to activate beyond the figure itself.

Within The Eleven Collection, this work represents a point of release—where the visual language moves outward into the psychedelic.