an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporaryThe 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,

By removing surface pigment and allowing purified water to occupy the capillaries of the petals

where subtle gestures applied to surface tension shape light into fluid

Initialled & dated verso

uniting sculptural presence with a considered approach to sustainability and contemporary living

giving discarded material removed from rivers

0110’  dated 2017

allowing subjects to hover within a darkened field that neither intrudes upon nor overwhelms their presence

The scarf is finished as all quality silk scarves are with a hand rolled silk thread edge

Augmented reality view is with the same framed image and for viewing purposes only

- exhibition ´Goya renacido en agua´ 2025

Referencing cosmic phenomena such as stellar ignition

They are a memento mori of collapsing ice sheets