using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas glass Ecologically printed with abstract floral

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with poppy flower petals

painterly compositions

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with flower petals of dahlia

where reflection and refraction soften boundaries and allow form to hover between emergence and erasure

using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas glass Ecologically printed with abstract floralThe 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,