Aqua Vivarium: Life and Mortality in Submerged ArtThe 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

mounted inside 2 sheets of museum glass

Each piece is stamp initialled by the artist on the base

260 grammes - h 45cms x w 40 cms x d 11cms

and temporal flow

Print size 23

Goya dedicated his entire life to art that captured and expressed the realities of his time

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

bronze sculpture made from recycled landfill rubbishweight +/- 9

The Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater

Small & medium have 2 fixing posts with the large having one

Historically rooted in the Vanitas tradition of still life

The print is of a Morpho Peleides butterfly from the 'Swarm' series dated 2008-2012