single flower specimens in exploratory art series using water swarm This is then overpainted in

This is then overpainted in oil and finished in a craquelure varnish

Artists Proof No

Dated 1996

14 x 20 cms 5

this was not possible in 2022 due to the warming climate and the use of oil

single flower specimens in exploratory art series using water swarm This is then overpainted inThe 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,