The butterfly is a flying flower
A vivid meditation on metamorphosis, The Butterfly is a Flying Flower evokes the delicate threshold between stillness and flight. In this radiant composition, layers of emerald green, violet, rose pink, and deep plum shift like wings mid-motion, conjuring both the fragility and power of becoming. Colour blooms across the canvas like petals in air—celebrating the freedom that comes through change.
As John Gage notes, colour has always existed “at the intersection of perception, symbolism, and materiality.” Here, green—the colour of growth and paradise in both African cosmologies and medieval Catholic iconography—represents new life and rootedness. Violet and deep purples, once reserved for emperors and clergy, carry connotations of spiritual transformation, mourning, and royalty. In Catholic liturgy, violet signals both suffering and the anticipation of resurrection.
Meanwhile, the rose-pinks suggest tenderness and divine grace. Historically linked with beauty and the feminine divine, they echo the flowering of Mary in Catholic imagery. The butterfly itself, often symbolic of the soul in African and early Christian traditions, becomes a flying prayer—light, vibrant, and full of purpose.
This work invites viewers into a moment of visual liberation—a movement between what is and what is possible.
A vivid meditation on metamorphosis, The Butterfly is a Flying Flower evokes the delicate threshold between stillness and flight. In this radiant composition, layers of emerald green, violet, rose pink, and deep plum shift like wings mid-motion, conjuring both the fragility and power of becoming. Colour blooms across the canvas like petals in air—celebrating the freedom that comes through change.
As John Gage notes, colour has always existed “at the intersection of perception, symbolism, and materiality.” Here, green—the colour of growth and paradise in both African cosmologies and medieval Catholic iconography—represents new life and rootedness. Violet and deep purples, once reserved for emperors and clergy, carry connotations of spiritual transformation, mourning, and royalty. In Catholic liturgy, violet signals both suffering and the anticipation of resurrection.
Meanwhile, the rose-pinks suggest tenderness and divine grace. Historically linked with beauty and the feminine divine, they echo the flowering of Mary in Catholic imagery. The butterfly itself, often symbolic of the soul in African and early Christian traditions, becomes a flying prayer—light, vibrant, and full of purpose.
This work invites viewers into a moment of visual liberation—a movement between what is and what is possible.
A vivid meditation on metamorphosis, The Butterfly is a Flying Flower evokes the delicate threshold between stillness and flight. In this radiant composition, layers of emerald green, violet, rose pink, and deep plum shift like wings mid-motion, conjuring both the fragility and power of becoming. Colour blooms across the canvas like petals in air—celebrating the freedom that comes through change.
As John Gage notes, colour has always existed “at the intersection of perception, symbolism, and materiality.” Here, green—the colour of growth and paradise in both African cosmologies and medieval Catholic iconography—represents new life and rootedness. Violet and deep purples, once reserved for emperors and clergy, carry connotations of spiritual transformation, mourning, and royalty. In Catholic liturgy, violet signals both suffering and the anticipation of resurrection.
Meanwhile, the rose-pinks suggest tenderness and divine grace. Historically linked with beauty and the feminine divine, they echo the flowering of Mary in Catholic imagery. The butterfly itself, often symbolic of the soul in African and early Christian traditions, becomes a flying prayer—light, vibrant, and full of purpose.
This work invites viewers into a moment of visual liberation—a movement between what is and what is possible.