still life with strawberries and pewter water jug butterfly the artist wants to convey

the artist wants to convey the transience of our existence compared to the vast expanse of space and time

this project was created in Siberia from deep in its remote forests during the heart of winter

5 inches / 42 x 59

The energy used to make one virgin can is the same as recycling 95 old cans back into new

Emerging from the artist's broader underwater practice

still life with strawberries and pewter water jug butterfly the artist wants to conveyThe 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,