Contemporary Dance of Life: Studio-Bred Vanitas with Parent and OffspringThe 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

Water in all its forms have long been a signature form used in the studio

What would the artist Auguste Rodin or indeed his model posing in 'The Thinker' be contemplating if it were made today

Provenance:
- exhibition ´Goya renacido en agua´ 2025

it exposes the precarious balance between preservation and loss

This profiteering has created a terrible legacy for the environment to bear

0179’  dated 2017

and the delicate thresholds between life

from the 'Swarm' series (2008-2012)

Dated 1986

It is of artists proof of Plate 0313 dated 1996

3d printed wooden crucifix

Light shaped by the movement of water interacts with the scene to create a hyper-real yet painterly visual field