This pencil drawing captures the Long-tailed Blue butterfly (Lampides boeticus) in a suspended moment between motion and rest. Rendered in fine graphite on translucent drafting film, the butterfly emerges through layers of mark-making that respond to light, giving the image a sense of weightlessness and quiet precision.
Light filtering through the surface softens edges and reveals subtle detail within the wings, creating an encounter rather than a fixed image, brief, luminous, and closely observed. Framed with ultraviolet protection, the work also acknowledges the fragility of both subject and medium, inviting intimate, contemplative viewing.
Rather than arresting the butterfly, the drawing holds it at the threshold of perception. It becomes a meditation on impermanence, where presence is fleeting and meaning arises in the brief convergence of light, form, and attention before the moment passes.
Framed: 25 x 35 cm | 9.84 x 13.78 inches.
Unframed: 21 x 29.7 cm | 8.27 x 11.69 inches.
Medium: artist pencil on drafting film.
Framing: the artwork comes ready to hang, and is professionally matted and framed with UV protective and non-reflective glass.
