ragged edges of a Parrot Paris tulip in lush redsThe 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,

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Unmounted and unframed the print is very delicate

By translating instantly recognisable brand symbols into fragile organic matter

float mounted on ivory board

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Suspended within an underwater environment

Issue & PresentationVanitas Variations are issued unframed

A collection of aged crucifixes is introduced to the water's surface

spirituality

finished in museum varnish

It is finished with a hand rolled silk thread edge

'Mirror of the goddess  - plate I’