Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Vanitas

After Pieter Claesz


The shock waves of Covid -19 and the resultant staggering number of deaths has sparked my interest in Vanitas, representations of the fleeting nature of life and the unexpected suddenness of death. I have had a long-standing fascination with skulls and have a treasured collection of animal skulls— gophers, birds, deer.

For years I have used time itself as a material presence in a my art practice.

Time will go by and it has….


After Albrecht Dürer

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