a rich painterly floral vanitas with butterfly insects the Dutch golden age archive it exposes the precarious balance

it exposes the precarious balance between preservation and loss

0111’  dated 2017

The manuscript will continue to develop ahead of publication

with 200 colour illustrations across 224 pages

now with the introduction of a coke within the scene

a rich painterly floral vanitas with butterfly insects the Dutch golden age archive it exposes the precarious balanceThe 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,