Fluid Fantasia: Blue Morpho Butterfly Ballet in Vanitas with Bubbles lighting the Bubbles works form part

the Bubbles works form part of a broader investigation into water as both medium and meaning

and the formation of distant stellar objects that reference the Big Bang itself

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The original work is photographed underwater with a single unique darkroom print made from the original 8x10 inch film plate

where reflection and refraction soften boundaries and allow form to hover between emergence and erasure

Fluid Fantasia: Blue Morpho Butterfly Ballet in Vanitas with Bubbles lighting the Bubbles works form partThe Bubbles series explores impermanence, fragility, and reflection through the interaction of air, water, and light. Suspended within an underwater environment, bubbles become both subject and metaphor ephemeral forms that exist momentarily before dissolving, echoing long standing Vanitas traditions concerned with the transience of life. These works are created through direct physical intervention with water, where subtle gestures applied to surface