single flower specimens in exploratory art series using water swarm washer and threaded bolt for

washer and threaded bolt for installation

0201’  dated 2017

Issue & PresentationVanitas Variations are issued unframed

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

single flower specimens in exploratory art series using water swarm washer and threaded bolt forThe 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,