Eric Millikin

Butterfly Effects

Tribute portraits made of butterflies.

In chaos theory, "the butterfly effect" holds that the flapping of the wings of a distant butterfly can change the outcome of a hurricane. If a butterfly can affect a hurricane, then imagine how great of an effect the life these people can have on the world, or that you or I can.

Debbie Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – Dec. 28, 2016)

Carrie Fisher (Oct. 21, 1956 – Dec. 27, 2016)

George Michael (June 25, 1963 – Dec. 25, 2016)

Zsa Zsa Gabor (Feb. 6, 1917 – Dec. 18, 2016)

John Glenn (July 18, 1921 – Dec. 8, 2016)

Fidel Castro (Aug. 13, 1926 – Nov. 25, 2016)

Leonard Cohen  (Sept. 21, 1934 – Nov. 7, 2016) — Leonard Cohen (Sept. 21, 1934 – Nov. 7, 2016)

Gene Wilder (June 11, 1933 – Aug. 29, 2016)

Muhammad Ali (Jan. 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016)

David Bowie (Jan. 8, 1947 - Jan. 10, 2016)

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016)

Buy a print of "Butterfly Effect: Prince"

Alan Rickman (Feb. 21, 1946 - Jan. 14, 2016)

B.B. King (Sept. 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)

Natalie Cole (Feb. 6, 1950 – Dec. 31, 2015)

Mail art project I did with the Long Island Arts Alliance, shortly after the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris.

Paris (Nov. 13, 2015)

Lemmy Kilmister (Dec. 24, 1945 – Dec. 28, 2015)

Garry Shandling (Nov. 29, 1949 - March 24, 2016)

Cecil the Lion (c. 2002 - July 1, 2015)

Christopher Lee (May 27, 1922 – June 7, 2015)

Stéphane Charbonnier (Aug. 21, 1967 – Jan. 7, 2015), editor and artist for French newspaper Charlie Hebdo

Glenn Frey (Nov. 6, 1948 - Jan. 18, 2016)

Joe Cocker (May 20, 1944 – December 22, 2014)

Leonard Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015)

Joan Rivers (June 8, 1933 – Sept. 4, 2014)

Nancy Reagan (July 6, 1921 - March 6, 2016)

Elie Wiesel (Sept. 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016)

Patty Duke (Dec. 14, 1946 - March 29, 2016)

Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

Umberto Eco (Jan. 5, 1932 - Feb. 19, 2016)

Antonin Scalia (March 11, 1936 - Feb. 12/13, 2016)

H. R. Giger (Feb 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014)

Gordie Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016)

Denise Matthews (Vanity) (Jan. 4, 1959 - Feb. 15, 2016)

Keith Emerson (Nov. 2, 1944 - March 10, 2016)

The Ultimate Warrior (June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014)

Jim Harrison (Dec. 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016)

Dusty Rhodes (October 12, 1945 – June 11, 2015)

Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016)

Scott Weiland (Oct. 27, 1967 – Dec. 3, 2015)

Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016)

Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)

Wes Craven (Aug. 2, 1939 – Aug. 30, 2015)

Lauren Bacall (Sept. 16, 1924 – Aug. 12, 2014)

Roddy Piper (April 17, 1954 - July 30, 2015)

Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015)

Omar Sharif (April 10, 1932 – July 10, 2015)