Vanitas Artistry: Parent and Offspring Dance with Blue Winged Butterfly license 5 inches / 60 x

5 inches / 60 x 42 cmsImage 15

Reverse painted in enamel

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dated 2024

Vanitas Artistry: Parent and Offspring Dance with Blue Winged Butterfly license 5 inches / 60 xThe 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