artist exploring threads of religion and water the poetry of Philip Larkin archive Water in all its forms

Water in all its forms have long been a signature form used in the studio

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they function as both formal investigations and archival documents

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and symbolic weight

artist exploring threads of religion and water the poetry of Philip Larkin archive Water in all its formsThe Splash Crucifixion series reinterprets a historic religious motif through the physical dynamics of water and impact. A collection of aged crucifixes is introduced to the water's surface, where the moment of contact disrupts surface tension and generates a brief, violent articulation of form. Each image records the instant of collision: a transient event in which solid object, liquid resistance, and gravity converge. Water erupts, fragments, and