pure white tulip specimen set in black water dramatic painterly effect butterfly unmounted & unframed

unmounted & unframed

form briefly held

Dated 1996

organic matter

+ II artist proofs

pure white tulip specimen set in black water dramatic painterly effect butterfly unmounted & unframedThe 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,