an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporary goya Each handle embodies a story

Each handle embodies a story of renewal

The Bubbles series explores impermanence

packed flat in a museum archival clam box wrapped in gesso paper

The works explore this geometry as a metaphor for accumulation

float mounted on ivory board

an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporary goya Each handle embodies a storyThe 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,