Spectral Submersion: Art Historical Figures in Chiaroscuro Depths of waterThe Figurative works form a pivotal body within the artist's practice, bringing the human figure into dialogue with water, architecture, and endurance. Created entirely underwater, these images extend the language of figurative painting into a submerged space where gravity, time, and control are fundamentally altered. This series was developed within a purpose built underground studio environment, where large scale spaces were transformed into flooded

each with its own distinctive illuminated brand signage

Each piece is stamp initialled by the artist on the base

they function as both independent visual studies and as archival records of a long-term exploration into the relationship between physics and photographic practice

washer and threaded bolt for installation

no commercial use or broadcasting either in part or whole at any time

unique archival pigment print with museum varnish size 8

This transformation produces images that recall anatomical studies or radiographic views

each image records a fleeting event: a brief equilibrium between buoyancy

The water droplet has long been a signature form used in the studio

Nikko Taxi

0117’  dated 2017

It is of artists proof of Plate 0313 dated 1996