Modern Vanitas Elegance Blue Winged Butterfly in Black WaterThe 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

Produced entirely in-camera

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with flower poppy petals

The piece is made from 140 beach cleanup Coca Cola cans

it exposes the precarious balance between preservation and loss

they function as both independent visual studies and as archival records of a long-term exploration into the relationship between physics and photographic practice

fry - w 30-40 gms h22 x w70 x d34 mm

This is then overpainted in oil and finished in a craquelure varnish

human beings have exceeded the natural limits of growth

+ II artist proofs

weight +/- 320 grammes - h 22  x  w 13  x  d 3

Ann330 Gallery

0112’  dated 2017