Description

Bathed in gentle light, the male Holy Blue butterfly rests with wings spread wide, revealing their shimmering tones of sky and silver. The subtle iridescence glows against the warm yellow of the bird’s-foot trefoil, a pairing of delicate contrasts—cool light and golden warmth, air and earth. Each fine vein traced across the wings feels like nature’s brushstroke, a quiet declaration of fragility and strength. There is a stillness in this moment, as if the world holds its breath to honour the beauty of a creature so small, yet so complete.

Around it, the garden softens into a wash of green, a blurred canvas that lifts the butterfly into focus, like a jewel suspended in the air. The softness of the background and the clarity of detail combine to create a space both dreamlike and real. This artwork captures more than a fleeting pause of a male Holy Blue butterfly; it gathers light, colour, and form into a tender meditation on presence. It is a portrait of grace at rest, of summer distilled into wings and bloom, whispering to the viewer of nature’s quiet splendour.