Ethereal Elegance: Reflections on Life and Mortality in Aqua Art Anna

Ethereal Elegance: Reflections on Life and Mortality in Aqua Art AnnaThe 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

aligning botanical history with the long arc of cultural development

no commercial use or broadcasting either in part or whole at any time

Unfortunately

Rather than relying on simulation or illustration

Capturing a fleeting moment in time

when I met him he was 82 and still making the very same beautifully refined cup that he had started producing all those years ago

0177’  dated 2017

Provenance: sold direct from the studio & recorded in Catalogue Raisonné

Light shaped by the movement of water interacts with the scene to create a hyper-real yet painterly visual field

These works capture that light play

Each embodies a narrative of renewal

weight +/- 500 grammes