Stone can outlast the sculptor, the subject, and generations of people who encounter it, remaining long after we are gone. I wanted to contrast this sense of permanence with the fleeting life of the dragonfly, which lives for only a few months in its adult form.

Thank you to Oliver Marinkoski for allowing me to use his image as inspiration.

In many of my paintings I use a reference image for inspiration, then modify, adding flora and fauna to create the emotions I hope to convey.