Butterflies

At the heart of Simone’s work lies a fundamental question: what remains of us after transformation?
Her canvases embody a tension between two worlds. The background — splashed, torn, swirling acrylic in black, white and gold — captures primordial chaos, life’s momentum, the gentle violence of change. From this turbulence, butterflies emerge. Cut out, placed, suspended between the canvas and the viewer’s gaze, they are not ornaments; they are questions.
The butterfly is, by its very nature, a symbol of metamorphosis. Yet what interests her is not the final outcome — the beauty of the image — but the dizzying moment of transition. That suspended instant when we are no longer quite who we were, and not yet who we are becoming.

Collage itself — the act of cutting and repositioning — is a philosophical gesture. Taking an image, removing it from its original context and offering it a new life against a background in motion. This is precisely what every being undergoing transformation experiences.

For Simone, the butterfly is a living symbol of metamorphosis. Through the silence of the cocoon, where the old gives way to the new, it reminds us that transformation is both a journey and a revelation. Like the soul’s path, it invites us to let go, embrace change and trust the invisible process of becoming. The butterfly teaches us that beauty is born of transformation, and that within each of us lie wings ready to unfold.