a delicate floral still life of parrot tulips in water eddiesThe 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,

0108’  dated 2017

mounted to a pure recycled copper plate

mounted in a baroque gold frame

The underwater setting slows perception

The length of the animation is 7 minutes and 48 seconds

when the temperature could reach -55 degrees at the same time each year

Each image records the instant of collision: a transient event in which solid object

The Figurative works form a pivotal body within the artist's practice

where visibility is reduced and form emerges slowly from shadow

0177’  dated 2017

All the while hiding data from their clients about the viability of recycling and the levels of nano-plastics in each and every product sold

and form slowly emerging through physical resistance rather than compositional certainty