Jonathan Byrd is a Southern Baptist preacher’s son, Gulf War veteran, award-winning songwriter, and a junior in the physics program at NC State. His latest paintings explore the relationship between mythology and technology.

This series of paintings by Jonathan Byrd - Subhuman, Self-Checkout, and Echo & Narcissus - pit anti-heroes against the engineered loneliness of modern life. Gods and mortals alike must reckon with a new presence. Do we need a new mythology?