Underwater Odes to Life's Tragic BeautyThe 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

dated 2023

unmounted and unframed

Rather than relying on simulation or illustration

packed flat in a museum archival clam box wrapped in gesso paper

all prints are delivered without our usual UV varnish

Dated 1996

weight +/- 625 grammes each - h 20cms x w 6 cms (each)Edition of VII

dated 2001

Once all prints are claimed

The result is an image space that feels both intimate and unstable

Sold as an unmounted print

Yomasuira Kotsu Taxi