cream yellow tulip flower heads in water photography they function as archival studies

they function as archival studies of transience

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with poppy flower petals

and the tension between presence and absence

Artist signature & date recto in ink

cream yellow tulip flower heads in water photography they function as archival studiesThe 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,