a vanitas image of fish and lemon created underwater butterfly translating abstract forces into tangible

translating abstract forces into tangible visual form

Initialled & numbered recto by the artist in silver ink

these works stand as singular records of a larger conceptual and physical undertaking

0111’  dated 2017

a vanitas image of fish and lemon created underwater butterfly translating abstract forces into tangibleThe 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,