a quite literal underwater vanitas of flowers and conch rosae Designed in collaboration with 3D

Designed in collaboration with 3D artist Artem Hryshchenko as part of the Distil Ennui Studio™ artist residency programme

Water becomes an active agent within the composition

so please be patient

signed with a full signature and dated by the artist recto

a quite literal underwater vanitas of flowers and conch rosae Designed in collaboration with 3DThe 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,