Mirna Sarajlic is influenced by the early vanitas paintings which are primarily concerned with the impermanence of man and his earthly pleasures in the face of death. It urges the viewer to consider mortality and to repent.
Her process includes the set up of still life using food which holds symbolic meaning such as grapes, which have Christological reference (cf. John 15.1). Incorporating dead pollinators such as the moth aims to on the one hand, show the viewer our British species which are in rapid decline and on the other hand, to show that in vanitas insects are suggestive to the transience of life. By the use of photoshop Sarajlic is able to form a swarm of moths which appear to eat away at the fruit, hinting at good versus evil. The next step in the artist's process is to paint the image which then obliterates any imperfections.
Inspiration comes from artists such as Michelangelo de Caravaggio, Georg Flegel and Francisco de Goya, as well as the contemporary works of Sam Taylor Wood and Bourke de Vries.
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