an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporary goya packed flat in a museum

packed flat in a museum archival clam box wrapped in gesso paper

float mounted on ivory board

The works explore this geometry as a metaphor for accumulation

Each handle embodies a story of renewal

an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporary goya packed flat in a museumThe 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,