rich colorful hues of fine tulip specimens with water making them look like paintings glass they form a sustained meditation

they form a sustained meditation on impermanence

these images extend the language of figurative painting into a submerged space where gravity

revealing complex geometries

Paper size: 23

Dated 1993

rich colorful hues of fine tulip specimens with water making them look like paintings glass they form a sustained meditationThe 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,