a traditional momento mori still life vanitas of flowers butterflies atop a wooden table laid with silk skull The manuscript will continue to

The manuscript will continue to develop ahead of publication

a unique and eloquent design that works both in the home and for commercial installations

Water functions as both medium and meaning within the series

translating abstract forces into tangible visual form

the Floral Brand Icons form part of The Legacy Collection as records of a material-driven practice that confronts modern symbolism through fragility

a traditional momento mori still life vanitas of flowers butterflies atop a wooden table laid with silk skull The manuscript will continue toThe 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,