Warm Low Light Floral Vanitas Crop Optical Study Beneath Water B&W

Warm Low Light Floral Vanitas Crop Optical Study Beneath Water B&WThe Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater, where light, reflection, and refraction soften form and disrupt fixed edges. Water becomes an active agent within the composition, tempering surfaces and allowing contours to hover between definition and dissolution. Working within a restrained, low light palette, subtle currents articulate luminous borders and gentle shadow. Floral elements drift within this environment, suspended in a state of

and temporal flow

The print is of a Morpho Peleides butterfly from the 'Swarm' series dated 2008-2012

Dated 1992

Los Angeles

hand-fabricated work that transform recycled materials into functional art

acrylic faced with pure white capsules

the sand-casting process is the same as that developed for the ‘Makers Place’ single-use plastic & aluminium recycling studio

What is captured is not duration

The beauty of life and nature that surrounds us is ephemeral

Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free & sustainably harvested cedar frame finished in a matt shellac

The cushion is hand finished in a rolled moleskin edging with an invisible zip to finish it off

The artist is particularly drawn to the spherical form and has created this work "in camera" without any post-production