floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before empirical This body of work draws

This body of work draws on Gothic and Vanitas traditions

tansy and zinnia varieties

It is of artists proof of Plate 0313 dated 1996

As with Goya´s originals these are printed true to the original plate size

floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before empirical This body of work drawsThe 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,