Underwater Study Painterly Study in Water DigitalThe 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
size 65 * 65 cms (+/- 1 cms) 25
For convenience the preview of the video seen here is only half the full film piece
each named after a stage in a salmon's life cycle
Ecologically printed with polka dots from beans
each work is issued for the first time as an archival pigment print
which is the process of merging two or more forms into a single entity
dated 2014
I initiated this project back in 2013
The piece is made from 140 beach cleanup Coca Cola cans
encrypted NFC provenance tag
mounted inside 2 sheets of museum glass
The artist is particularly drawn to the spherical form and has created this work "in camera" without any post-production
