Mixed Media on paper, ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This artwork comes with an external frame

Inspired by a famous haiku

"on the temple bell
sleeping
a butterfly"

Presumably the butterfly will wake and fly away soon enough, as soon as the surrounding quiet is broken, making his stay on the bell a temporary rest. The impermanence of life is a constant theme in Japan. It is why the cherry blossoms are so beloved, for instance, because they remind us of the shortness of life. Just as the butterfly will be woken soon from his sleep, so will we. Perhaps woken to find out that we are that butterfly.
Artwork is professionally conservation framed.