Self portrait as butterfly, 2025

Oil and flashe on canvas

30 x 40cm

"One of the first memories I have of living up in the Northern Rivers was seeing butterflies flying around me while sitting on my board in the middle of the ocean and I found it, and still find it, so magical. But there’s also a more personal and sad side of butterflies. The Butterfly of Death is a thing I learned from a nurse before my mother died. Before you die the face gets skinnier, your nose gets longer and your ears get bigger, that’s why they call it the Butterfly of Death. " - Stefano Pedrini