Vanishing Wingspan: Submerged Butterflies in Artistic Reflection vanitas

Vanishing Wingspan: Submerged Butterflies in Artistic Reflection vanitasThe 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

from polluted landscapes

0180’  dated 2017

with a soundtrack by SubOctane

0118’  dated 2017

For Vanitas Variations

we too flash into being and fade back into the darkness

acting simultaneously as a force of renewal and erasure

Initialled & dated verso

0113’  dated 2017

all for profit with shareholder values being held above that of their social responsibility

each with its own distinctive illuminated brand signage

Floral elements drift within this environment