URNS -

A series of print works with colourful funeral urns by Graphic Fine Artist Francis Kenney. The bright shades on these memento mori pieces urge joy in the face of death.
They symbolise faith, and the enduring nature of memory and a love that transcends physical separation. 

Vanitas - I to X is a series of ten modern memento mori pictures, by Graphic Fine Artist Francis Kenney

Symbolic vanitas pictures were popular in the 17th century, serving to remind the viewer of their mortality in a religious age when almost everyone believed that life on earth was merely a preparation for the afterlife. 

I'm not so sure about the after life, so best enjoy it all now and laugh through the tears. They are intended as a jolly jolt to remind me of my mortality.
Alongside traditional vanitas items like rotting fruit and candles, the party hats and the clown noses and smile are a reminder to me to turn up the frown and have a good time while it lasts as the end could be just around the corner.

Vanitas - I to X

594x841mm on 310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching paper

Memento Mori