The Bear took a few trips through the Old West in the late 1960s for fun. He was struck by the layer-cake geology, and the vibrant colors of the desert during the golden hours on the road. During one of these trips he commissioned an artist he knew in Sedona to produce a series of feature-length animated films “exploring the local strata aesthetic in a fluid form.”

This project is another digital run of one of The Bear’s lost commissions from the high times. A few minutes of super 8 film, and reams of animation cells was found in the garage of a modest ranch house, which belonged to Bear’s artist friend’s half-sister in Sedona. The artwork was purchased at an estate sale in 2016 by a local psychedelics historian, along with the original commission contract in Owsley’s hand.

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