using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas glass and the delicate thresholds between

and the delicate thresholds between life

All photographed on a Hasselblad 6x6cm camera loaded with transparency film

Light shaped by the movement of water interacts with the scene to create a hyper-real yet painterly visual field

Rather than depicting suffering or transcendence through narrative

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

using nature in art to convey a message of hope in a modern vanitas glass and the delicate thresholds betweenThe 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,