pheasant laying on a table top with its deep red plumage cast in black water archive 0117’ dated 2017

0117’  dated 2017

and transformative-inviting reflection on the ways living beings adapt to altered states of existence

frame size 22

where it has remained operational since 2021

7 inches / 60 x 45 cms

pheasant laying on a table top with its deep red plumage cast in black water archive 0117’ dated 2017The Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,