Testfloral Chiaroscuro Composition in WaterThe 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

Within The Legacy Collection

where impermanence is not symbolised but physically enacted

and the formation of distant stellar objects that reference the Big Bang itself

000's of live flower petals

please note

4 inches / 120 x 90 cms

where form is refracted

Akiharbara District

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

annotated & numbered (recto)

The Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater

shipped in a tube wrapped in gesso paper direct fro the darkroom