Vanishing Wingspan: Butterfly Breeding in Liquid Time vanitas

Vanishing Wingspan: Butterfly Breeding in Liquid Time vanitasThe 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

Provenance: Each archival print is on 330 gsm conservation bamboo paper using museum-grade pigment archival inks

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The beauty

water and the material conditions of image formation

no editions

7 inches / 40 x 40 cms

20 x 16 inches / 50

Within The Legacy Collection

but aftermath: the residual beauty of volatile reactions already extinguished

dated 2001

since the very early days I have worked to raise awareness of the four corporations that through their deliberate actions have vastly profited by their commodification of water

The design twists as you move through the length of each piece