lilac tulip in watery surroundings surround by deep blacksThe 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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suspended in a state of quiet tension as textures emerge

Empirical Research & Evidence

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Monochrome recordings heighten our consciousness of our precarious existence

A rich composition of a golden halo resting delicately on a lush bed of vivid purple flowers

when I met him he was 82 and still making the very same beautifully refined cup that he had started producing all those years ago

reflection

symbolising eternal grace in the midst of darkness

acrylic faced with pure white capsules

Using aluminium saved from landfill sites or beach cleanup projects

The works draw on the visual gravity of Gothic and Baroque religious imagery while relocating that symbolism into a contemporary physical process