emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle license suspended in a state of

suspended in a state of quiet tension as textures emerge

and cosmological metaphor

For Vanitas Variations

exhibition 'The house of the Nobleman' 2011

exhibitted at Pertwee Anderson & Gold Gallery

emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle license suspended in a state ofThe 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,