Floral bouquet spring tributeThe 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,

smolt - w 105-120 gms h36 x w115 x d48mm

functional & highly prized within the community

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with flower petals of dahlia

Dated 1993

giving single-use waste a new life

but also implies an attitude and social consciousness

rich rose and tomato leaves

referencing the true source of life on Earth - the sun

Plate VIII

Dated 1990

0177’  dated 2017

What is captured is not duration