Water Canvas: Transforming Butterflies into ArtThe 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

Dated 1992

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Fabricated from plant based polylactic acid

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each image records a fleeting and irreversible moment

Mounting & Framing:  To keep this Vanitas Drop accessible

hand-fabricated work that transform recycled materials into functional art

Provenance:

when the temperature could reach -55 degrees at the same time each year

5 inches / 60 x 42 cmsImage 15

bubbles have appeared in still-life painting as symbols of vanity and mortality

Dated 2010