Aqueous Insects: Beetle Sagas Below the Surface vanitas

Aqueous Insects: Beetle Sagas Below the Surface vanitasThe 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

'Morpho Amathonte 0334’  dated 2011

then altered

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0111’  dated 2017

+ II artist proofs (each a different size & execution)

Sold direct from the artists studio

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

finished in museum varnish

and cosmological metaphor

Creationism One is a collaborative piece created at the Dark Vat Siberian artist residency hosted by Alexander James Hamilton in 2019

Through this artwork

Each embodies a narrative of renewal