Vanishing Flight: Life and Mortality in Underwater ArtThe 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

from polluted landscapes

float mounted wall hanger

The soothing floral aroma calms a racing mind

Supplied with a 3 metre hessian cord

All photographed on a Hasselblad 6x6cm camera loaded with transparency film

This obligation is both spiritual and material

'Morpho Amathonte 0334’  dated 2011

small - w 80-90 gms h25 x w115 x d38 mm

liquid and light without the use of CGI

finished in museum varnish

They are a memento mori of collapsing ice sheets

This series seeks instead to ground such ideas in physical reality