Aqua Allegory: Underwater Reflections on Life and Mortality Anna

Aqua Allegory: Underwater Reflections on Life and Mortality 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

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disappearing small holding farmland

+ II artist proofs (each a different size & execution)

acrylic faced with pure white capsules

and the distant echoes of the Big Bang

The resulting compositions exist between presence and disappearance

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compostable

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with poppy flower petals

they function as both formal investigations and archival documents

Through this artwork

visual representations of wave mechanics and cosmological phenomena have often relied on interpretive or illustrative methods