Ephemeral Elegance: Underwater Butterflies in Visual Reflection photography individually created from the artist’s

individually created from the artist’s original maquettes

Water is a life force

rivers and land fill sites filled with single use packaging

aligning botanical history with the long arc of cultural development

Ephemeral Elegance: Underwater Butterflies in Visual Reflection photography individually created from the artist’sThe 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