@anthro_artz IG

I am a painter, collagist, photographer and cultural anthropologist who works with acrylic paint on paper, canvas, and wood. As a photographer I produce digital collages printed on paper and aluminum that often situate people within the natural world to reflect my sensibilities on inequality, belonging, spirituality, wonder, and joy. My intersecting identities of artist and social scientist orient me to see the beauty and vulnerability of humanity and the places they inhabit; often depicted in a painterly style exploding with color and movement. There is irony there. As a painter I rely heavily on abstract expression to reflect my thoughts and feelings on happiness, liminality, memory, identity, and community - all in the face of oppression or its remnants. My paintings are sometimes overlayed digitally with my photographs as shown in some of the submissions included here.