red yellow orange flower head bursts through water energetic religious-iconography from the 'Swarm' series (2008-2012)

from the 'Swarm' series (2008-2012)

Rather than concealing the fabrication process

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Water is a life force

By removing surface pigment and allowing purified water to occupy the capillaries of the petals

red yellow orange flower head bursts through water energetic religious-iconography from the 'Swarm' series (2008-2012)The Dark Water series presents floral forms submerged within dense, light absorbing water, where visibility is reduced and form emerges slowly from shadow. Created through experimental underwater processes, the works explore the tension between beauty and obscurity, presence and concealment. Single botanical specimens and more complex floral constructions are isolated against dark fields, allowing petals, stems, and structures to appear suspended in a