a still life of two tulip flowers goya 8″ × 16

8″ × 16

and gravity converge

and the fragile balance between beauty and loss in contemporary life

and symbolic weight

the Dark Water works form part of The Legacy Collection as archival studies of restraint

a still life of two tulip flowers goya 8″ × 16The 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,