Butterfly

This video series is based on Shaseicho a sketchbook by Okyo Maruyama 17331795 Japan The Shaseicho was copied by various other artists and became a fundamental reference for how Japanese perceive and record the natural world 蝶 Butterfly was created by photographing actual butterflies in superslow motion with reference to the composition and drawing style of the Shaseicho Each movement is a reflection of the butterflys behavior characteristics and personality at the time This work is a modernday Shaseicho that I observed and recorded based on the techniques of the great painters of the past