About This Collection: This new collection of still lifes offers a contemporary interpretation of the Dutch tradition of vanitas painting. Nostalgic textile patterns are paired with elements from the natural world, creating contrasts that evoke conflicting emotions—comfort and unease, shelter and confinement, love and loss. The juxtaposition of decorative, man-made objects with natural remains places the domestic and the wild on equal footing, suggesting that both share the same inevitable fate. These works draw parallels between the ephemeral comfort we seek in material objects and the cyclical rhythms of the natural world. By blurring the boundaries between nature and imitation, authenticity and artifice, the paintings explore how each mirrors the other, revealing a shared vulnerability to time, decay, and impermanence.
