Rare Blue Wings: Symbolic Vanitas Art with ButterflyThe 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

design may differ slightly from images as each piece is hand embroidered & assembled

Artist made cedar wood frame is included in the sale

functional & highly prized within the community

Shibuya District

recorded in Catalogue Raisonné

280 grammes - h 27cms x w 17 cmsblack carrara black marble base +/- 2

individually created from the artist’s original maquettes

Slight imperfections are to be expected with such a piece

Issue & PresentationVanitas Variations are issued unframed

I worked towards recreating the work with a revised and contemporary aesthetic

0177’  dated 2017

Sold as an unmounted print