“Like Water for Flowers”, is an evolving body of work in which DeVaughn reimagines historical masterpieces and artistic traditions through the presence of people encountered throughout his life. Through this visual framework, familiar faces step into the roles once occupied by classical figures, allowing the ordinary to inhabit the space of the monumental. These works are not intended as reproductions of the past. Instead, they operate as conversations across time—where history, memory, and emotion meet within a shared human language.