Millennial Vanitas
Oil on canvas, 36 x 40 inches, 2018
This painting is a playful take on traditional 17th century vanitas and memento mori artworks. It updates classic symbols of wealth, pleasure and mortality for the 21st century, matching them with pop culture references and brand names.
Unlike a traditional vanitas, this painting is an ironic celebration of the cult of youth, rather than an earnest confrontation of it.