| Susan
Rowe Harrison's wall painting in the symmetrical entry
foyer is based on the pattern of a Lime Swallowtail
butterfly or, in Latin, Papilio Demoleus Sthenelus.
She envisions the butterfly gently resting on the
ceiling and enveloping the circular space with its
wings. Working from direct observation of the specimen,
she reinterprets the color, lightness and infinite
variability of pattern. The biological term œprotocryptic,
used in the title, describes a pattern or coloration
adapted for natural camouflage. Here, the drawing
becomes a part of the space in the same way that the
butterfly's pattern has adapted for concealment. |