deanpan tulip specimen overhead on blackThe 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,

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These floral structures are selected for both their historical continuity and their formal characteristics: complex

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Emerging from the artist's broader underwater practice

Vanitas Variations are studio edition works released in January 2026