using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas lighting violent articulation of form

violent articulation of form

and the weight of human activity that contribute to their separation and ultimate liquified resolution

and the fragile boundary between stillness and upheaval

0109’  dated 2017

spirituality

using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas lighting violent articulation of formThe 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,