Underwater Dance of Life: Vanitas Art with Endangered 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

small 1  w 26 gms h22 x w22 x d70 mm

The print is created underwater of a 'Veiled skull with flowers' from the series 'A beautiful announcement of death' dated 2012-2013

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

50mm M5 for Tide & Atoll

The world has changed so dramatically since then

The piece is made from 70 beach cleanup Coca Cola cans

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

These spheres of light represent the raw energy and power of nature

museum framed in oak behind AR & UV glass

and latent energy held within organic systems

translating abstract forces into tangible visual form

Exhibition 'Tokyo Taxi' 2011