Ephemeral Dance: Submerged Portraits of Butterflies in water lightingThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct
Mounting & Framing: To keep this Vanitas Drop accessible
Due to the nature of the process
operating both as independent visual studies and as archival records of an ongoing exploration into light
+ II artist proofs (each a different size & execution)
individually created from the artist’s original maquette
we too flash into being and fade back into the darkness
Provenance: sold direct from the studio & recorded in Catalogue Raisonné
framed in naturally waxed rosewood
The original work is made from pigment fired porcelain ceramic
each with its own distinctive illuminated brand signage
unmounted & unframed
interdependent elements coalescing into a single spherical entity
