a modern day vanitas set in water creates a painterly scene rich of flowers and life PUBLICATIONS 'Aged American Flag No

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standing askew

Goya dedicated his entire life to art that captured and expressed the realities of his time

Each image functions as a measured observation rather than a constructed tableau: light passing through water

These works capture a fleeting moment in time

a modern day vanitas set in water creates a painterly scene rich of flowers and life PUBLICATIONS 'Aged American Flag NoThe 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,