Shakespeare hamlet Othello the skull with a crown of thornsThe 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,

all of which have been naturally treated to soften their quills so you get an ultra soft feel

Fabricated from plant based polylactic acid

Asakusa District

captured underwater with light caustics enhancing its ethereal glow

dated 2003

The shokunin has a social obligation to work his/her best for the general welfare of the people

BACKGROUND NOTES

0180’  dated 2017

Dated 1988

Water and the Conditions of Form

Small & medium have 2 fixing posts with the large having one

offering a distilled examination of how momentary physical phenomena can register as enduring visual experience