an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporary homewares the Floral Brand Icons form

the Floral Brand Icons form part of The Legacy Collection as records of a material-driven practice that confronts modern symbolism through fragility

weight +/- 625 grammes each - h 20cms x w 6 cms (each)Edition of VII

These plates remained uneditioned until selected for this Studio Edition release

this was not possible in 2022 due to the warming climate and the use of oil

The works draw on the visual gravity of Gothic and Baroque religious imagery while relocating that symbolism into a contemporary physical process

an underwater vanitas scene traditional and yet contemporary homewares the Floral Brand Icons formThe 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,