Transient Beauty: Butterfly Breeding in Visual Reflections butterfly packed flat in a museum

packed flat in a museum archival clam box wrapped in gesso paper

Dated 1993

please always frame behind museum-grade glazing such as Art Glass or equivalent that blocks 97 % + UV

in our case corn starch & sugar cane

Transient Beauty: Butterfly Breeding in Visual Reflections butterfly packed flat in a museumThe 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