using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas glass painterly compositions

painterly compositions

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

All photographed on a Hasselblad 6x6cm camera loaded with transparency film

Dimensions: small cup sized at 8 x 9 cm

Light shaped by the movement of water interacts with the scene to create a hyper-real yet painterly visual field

using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas glass painterly compositionsThe 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,