I’ve recently acquired a collection of antique butterfly lithographs. These handmade prints are as colorful as they are inspiring. Immediately, they got me thinking about my own transformations this year — some scary, some surprising, and some too subtle to notice until they’ve happened.

I’m exploring these themes with some of the best art models in the world. Each of them has taken on the challenge to channel the feelings — overwhelm, love, loss, elation, infatuation, hope, anxiety — that come with change. I’ve promised each of the women who have posed for this collection that I’m giving them wings. In exchange, they’ve given a face and body, a figure and a form to this season of metamorphosis.

“Madame Butterfly,” a collection of original fine art nude paintings on antique butterfly prints will launch in my online gallery on Saturday, April 27. As always, collectors on The Dibs List will be granted early access.