dual two colored tulip heads in vanitas series using water Digital Each piece is stamp initialled

Each piece is stamp initialled by the artist on the base

Nikko Taxi

The beauty of life and nature that surrounds us is ephemeral

examining how light and matter behave when clarity is withheld rather than revealed

A research manuscript examining photography as a physical event through light

dual two colored tulip heads in vanitas series using water Digital Each piece is stamp initialledThe 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,