deanpan tulip specimen overhead on black figurative ISBN: 978-1-8589-4569-9

ISBN: 978-1-8589-4569-9

Vintage print from an edition of 10 hand printed by the artist between 2004 and 2010

these works stand as singular records of a larger conceptual and physical undertaking

Every piece is a unique casting

deanpan tulip specimen overhead on black figurative ISBN: 978-1-8589-4569-9The 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,