DARWIN GALAPAGOS Inspired by the life of the great naturalist and author of ‘On the Origin of Species’, Charles Darwin. The artwork adopts the familiar Red Admiral butterfly to help describe his great work and studies on the Theory of Evolution. The artwork has been digitally reworked to subtly reveal […]
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PSYCHO Celebrating the film Psycho by the legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, the artwork adopts the stunningTurquoise Emperor butterfly to illustrate some of the famous scenes from the 1960’s film. The artwork has been digitally reworked to subtly reveal the Bates mansion house, which overlooks the motel below – the silhouetted […]
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Madame Butterfly is a piece inspired by the very interesting life of feisty Victorian English Lepidopterist Margaret Fountaine (1862-1940). Margaret Fountaine travelled the world, collecting more than 22,000 butterflies from sixty countries on six continents over fifty years and became an expert in tropical butterfly life-cycles. She also published extensively […]
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Blue in Green is inspired by Miles Davis ‘Blue in Green’ from the seminal album A Kind of Blue. The track is famous for its haunting, melancholic beauty and impressionistic harmonic structure. Evoking a deep sense of introspection, fragility and transience, the track seems perfect for its connection to butterflies. […]
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A Mass of Love, a mix of over 850 handcrafted butterflies – Monarchs, Bath Whites, gold metallic Monarchs, bespoke midnight blue and light blue Morphos. A composition that replicates a gathering of butterflies before a mass migration. The artwork incorporates intense concentrations of butterflies balanced with more passive wandering outliers. […]
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A composition that replicates a gathering of butterflies before a mass migration. The artwork incorporates intense concentrations of butterflies balanced with more passive wandering outliers. Small disc like jewels have been added to this composition to amplify the busyness and movement a cluster of migrating butterflies makes, popping and sparkling with the light.
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I will be showing at this Springs Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park between 4th March – 8th March. I will be with Dalloz Contemporary Fine
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I got Steve Franck in to take some shots to use to promote my work as an artist as well as capture some high-definition shots of the artwork itself.
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A large commission for The Dorchester Hotel – the commission is part of extensive curation of British-only artists, with artwork celebrating the
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