floral tribute underwaterThe 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,

capturing a moment where destruction and form briefly coincide

and reforms around the cruciform structure

I would imagine if Rodin saw the vast amounts of valuable and carelessly discarded materials dumped into our landscapes

5 inches / 42 x 42 cms

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Print size 23

This body of work draws on Gothic and Vanitas traditions

Wear this in your hair

Reverse painted in enamel

plus two artist proofsCreated 2009–2013 | Printed 2026

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