strawberries and wine glass on table with linen cloth and butterfly hardware extending their symbolic language into

extending their symbolic language into a contemporary visual environment

Issue & PresentationVanitas Variations are issued unframed

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Light passing through the transparent forms creates subtle tonal shifts

strawberries and wine glass on table with linen cloth and butterfly hardware extending their symbolic language intoThe 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,