preparing a meal with fish and lemon vanitas archive This is then overpainted in

This is then overpainted in oil and finished in a craquelure varnish

height 20cms width 6cms
  3 years ago I started collecting brand segregated waste then recycling it all back into a more positive outcome for their 'end of life’ use

A research manuscript examining photography as a physical event through light

historical references and new theoretical writing in a single publication

preparing a meal with fish and lemon vanitas archive This is then overpainted inThe 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,