Liquid Legacies: Flying Beetles' Timeless Water BalletThe 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

Historically

each image records a fleeting and irreversible moment

recorded in Catalogue Raisonné

Slight imperfections are to be expected with such a piece

size h145 x w145 x d10 mm each

The printed edition will enter production once sufficient readers have joined the Private Reading Room to support its publication

I initiated this project back in 2013

This work evokes visions of space

with the energy and bustle of city life contrasting the stillness of the individual sat within it

weight +/- 1

Vintage print from an edition of 10 hand printed by the artist between 2004 and 2010

Backlit with archival light panel & remote control dimmer