emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle license exhibition 'The house of the

exhibition 'The house of the Nobleman' 2011

sustainably harvested cedar frame

suspended in a state of quiet tension as textures emerge

dreamlike visual field

emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle license exhibition 'The house of theThe 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,