Endangered Beauty: Modern Vanitas with Blue Winged ButterflyThe 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

These plates remained uneditioned until selected for this Studio Edition release

the contamination of rivers and underground water resources

mounted to a pure recycled copper plate

digital or traditional

size h145 x w145 x d10 mm each

Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free & sustainably harvested cedar frame finished in a matt shellac

In the studio we call these the perfect travel companion as it helps you sleep in unfamiliar surroundings

There I recorded asymmetrical diurnal temperature changes as empirical evidence of global warming

each image records an actual event: light interacting with vibrating liquid surfaces

painterly compositions

Recycled aluminium water bottle sculptures made from recycled aluminium drinks cans rescued from land fill & beach cleanups

Yomasuira Kotsu Taxi