Transient Beauty: Butterfly Breeding in Visual Reflections archive

Transient Beauty: Butterfly Breeding in Visual Reflections archiveThe 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 approach allows complex forms to remain lightweight and materially efficient while retaining a tactile quality difficult to achieve through conventional manufacturing methods

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Los Angeles

Vintage print from an edition of 10 hand printed by the artist between 2004 and 2010

The original work is photographed underwater with a single unique giclée print made from the original 8x10 inch film plate

Each piece is stamp initialled by the artist on the base

individually created from the artist’s original maquettes

With the finest all silk Crêpe De Chine overprinted using pigment dyes the silk face is lush and tactile

'Mirror of the goddess  - plate IV’

finished UV museum archival varnish

The Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater