Tenebrist CompositionThe Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater, where light, reflection, and refraction soften form and disrupt fixed edges. Water becomes an active agent within the composition, tempering surfaces and allowing contours to hover between definition and dissolution. Working within a restrained, low light palette, subtle currents articulate luminous borders and gentle shadow. Floral elements drift within this environment, suspended in a state of

Unique archival pigment print on bamboo conservation paper

Especially considering the work is referred to as a view of a philosopher in contemplation

float mounted on ivory board

Initialled & numbered recto by the artist in silver ink

Monochrome recordings heighten our consciousness of our precarious existence

These wall hooks

left and right or mirrored pairs for formal double-door installations

Water becomes an active agent within the composition

and impermanence

Fukurou Taxi

The resulting compositions exist between presence and disappearance

I met one such apprentice who started making a simple clay cup when he was just 15 years old