Dancing Butterfly Duo: Contemporary Vanitas in Black Water PhotographyThe 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

The piece is made from 140 beach cleanup Coca Cola cans

I would imagine if Rodin saw the vast amounts of valuable and carelessly discarded materials dumped into our landscapes

Unique print

hand-fabricated work that transform recycled materials into functional art

20 x 16 inches / 50

left and right or mirrored pairs for formal double-door installations

their delicate beauty inseparable from their inevitable disappearance

organically grown Lavandula angustifolia from our own studio orchard

If Francisco De Goya were here today I am certain he would approve

The photographs shown are of the actual piece and have not been photoshopped

rivers and oceans

0177’  dated 2017