Description

Secrets On Her Butterfly Wings (2026)

Original Fine Art Painting by Ashvin Harrison

Artwork Description:

Every person carries words they never say aloud.

Some become hopes. Some become fears. Others quietly shape the person they eventually become.

Secrets On Her Butterfly Wings explores those hidden emotions through one of nature’s most powerful symbols of transformation. The model, posed by a collector/muse woman in her 50’s from Sydney, Australia, appears suspended between vulnerability and strength, her body emerging from a burst of crimson butterflies and expressive abstract movement.

What first appears to be an elegant composition slowly reveals something far more personal. Hidden throughout the butterfly wings are individually handwritten words and messages—thoughts reflecting growth, resilience, love, courage, healing and self-discovery. These intimate details remain largely unseen from a distance, rewarding closer viewing with new emotional discoveries.

Created using coconut charcoal realism alongside energetic acrylic and oil splashes, the artwork is enhanced with sparkle medium that catches changing light throughout the day, allowing the painting to subtly evolve depending on where the viewer stands.

Rather than simply depicting beauty, Secrets On Her Butterfly Wings speaks about the invisible stories every person carries—the thoughts that shape us long before anyone else ever sees them.

Details:

Title: Secrets On Her Butterfly Wings (2026)
Medium: Coconut charcoal powder, acrylic, oil and sparkle medium on canvas
Size: 40 x 30 inches (101 x 76 cm)
Canvas: Museum-grade stretched canvas on 1.5 inch (4 cm) hardwood timber frame
Style: Contemporary realism, abstract expressionism, figurative fine art, Motusrealism
Finish: Archival protective coating with reflective sparkle elements
Authenticity: Signed on the front and accompanied by certificate of authenticity
Shipping: Professionally packaged and shipped worldwide with full insurance

Additional Artwork Information

Ashvin Harrison paints realistic artworks inspired by real life posing people and nature, photographs or imagination. Also, all artworks have a charcoal dust element to them. This painting, like most pieces, is a mixture of acrylics, acrylic medium thinners, acrylic medium flows and also mixing additives with charcoal dust paint. This completely new made up approach to create art is a large part of Ashvin’s fast growing popularity in the art world.

Please contact me if you would like to see more photos or also seek more information about this artwork. All artworks ship for free to any country and also location within. Insurance and import taxes paid for by Ashvin, making for stress free purchasing and arrival of your new painting.

If this artwork is not the one for you, please check out the Artworks in Stock Page. Contact Ashvin to discuss a custom commissioned artwork. Ashvin can also create on different size formats of rolled or ready to hang artworks. Also, Ashvin offers super sized rolled canvas artworks up to 265cm (104″).