a depiction of christ a scene from hamlet in waterThe 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,

mounted to aluminium in an oak tray frame

Finished size 52

Suspended within an underwater environment

size & weight are guides

violent articulation of form

5″ (30 × 42 cm) or large – 23

This abstract study captures the ephemeral nature of flowers

transforming static symbols into living

and the transient nature of cultural power

I aim to challenge conventional beliefs about overpopulation

It is of artists proof of Plate 0313 dated 1996

and suspension as direct