Drowning Beauty: Underwater Ballet of Tragic Elegance swarm and re-form through the movement

and re-form through the movement of water and time

Each photographic print is ordered either in small – 11

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

form briefly held

half bottle made from recycled beach cleanup Coke cans

Drowning Beauty: Underwater Ballet of Tragic Elegance swarm and re-form through the movementThe 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