Butterfly Lament: Underwater Reflections on Life's Transience Digital Here a famous Goya print

Here a famous Goya print is reworked

Historically rooted in the Vanitas tradition of still life

Water is a life force

tansy and carnation petals

Butterfly Lament: Underwater Reflections on Life's Transience Digital Here a famous Goya printThe 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