using water as a means of religious communication in belief and values

The 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 reforms around the cruciform structure, producing sculptural splashes that exist only for a fraction of a second before collapsing back into stillness.

The works draw on the visual gravity of Gothic and Baroque religious imagery while relocating that symbolism into a contemporary physical process. Rather than depicting suffering or transcendence through narrative, the series renders impact, rupture, and suspension as direct, material facts.

Water functions simultaneously as subject and agent, transforming the crucifix from a static object into a catalyst for motion and release. The resulting images oscillate between violence and grace, capturing a moment where destruction and form briefly coincide.

Produced entirely in-camera, the Splash Crucifixion works form part of The Legacy Collection as archival records of an investigation into belief, matter, and the fragile boundary between stillness and upheaval.

All images in this series are available as rights-managed works for editorial, institutional, and creative use.