Artful Elegance: Studio-Bred Butterfly in Modern Vanitas fusion dated 2016

dated 2016

their delicate beauty inseparable from their inevitable disappearance

Unique archival pigment print on bamboo conservation paper

Suitable for interior use only

Artful Elegance: Studio-Bred Butterfly in Modern Vanitas fusion dated 2016The 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