two flowers interwoven in water ceramics dated 1996

dated 1996

and cosmological metaphor

and the formation of distant stellar objects that reference the Big Bang itself

size & weight are guides

carnation and tansy

two flowers interwoven in water ceramics dated 1996The 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,