a rich painterly floral vanitas with butterfly insects the Dutch golden ageThe 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,

and liquid transformation on a minimalist deep black background

making this piece an extraordinary study in organic details and tonal contrasts

The interplay of light and fluid motion transforms this bouquet into a timeless vanitas narrative

and the persistence of human presence within unstable environments

the Glass works form part of a sustained investigation into material transformation and perception

The Glass series examines botanical form through a process that renders flowers translucent

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but also implies an attitude and social consciousness

4 inches / 120 x 90 cms

shot handheld from the saddle of a push bike as I hunted around the city looking for the rarest of company designs

0113’  dated 2017

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