golden yellow parrot tulip wide open revealing its inner stamen and pollen tips homewares The underwater setting slows perception

The underwater setting slows perception

By submerging floral forms into near-black water

med - w 160-170 gms h31 x w145 x d 53mm

What remains is not colour or surface beauty

golden yellow parrot tulip wide open revealing its inner stamen and pollen tips homewares The underwater setting slows perceptionThe 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,