@anthro_artz

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. My work represents my sensibilities on inequality, belonging, spirituality, wonder, and joy. My intersecting identities of artist and social scientist orient me toward seeing 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. I rely heavily on abstract expression to reflect thoughts and feelings on the subtopics of happiness, liminality, memory, identity, and community. My paintings are sometimes overlayed digitally with my photographs as is the case with some of these submissions.