Aquatic Ballet: Butterfly Breeding in Liquid Tranquility B&W

Aquatic Ballet: Butterfly Breeding in Liquid Tranquility B&WThe 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

This series seeks instead to ground such ideas in physical reality

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If you are not selecting the UV varnish finish

unique silver gelatine hand print

which is the process of merging two or more forms into a single entity

The artist is particularly drawn to the spherical form and has created this work "in camera" without the use of post-production

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Water becomes an active agent within the composition

the contamination of rivers and underground water resources

past and present

This is then overpainted in oil and finished in a craquelure varnish