pheasant laying on a table top with its deep red plumage cast in black water textiles Atoll — w 95–105 gms

Atoll  —  w 95–105 gms   h50 × w75 × d43 mm

Vintage print from an edition of 10 hand printed by the artist between 2004 and 2010

and the persistence of human presence within unstable environments

This is then overpainted in oil and finished in a craquelure varnish

pheasant laying on a table top with its deep red plumage cast in black water textiles Atoll — w 95–105 gmsThe 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,