Watercolor. 22 x 30 inches. “Protest” is a celebration of important protestors and activists throughout (mostly) American history, including:
1. Marsha P. Johnson - Stonewall Riots
2. Fred Hampton — Leader of the Chicago Black Panther Party, assassinated by the FBI
3. Colin Kaepernick — Quarterback for the 49ers, known for his protest of kneeling during the national anthem
4. Dakota Access Pipeline protestor at Standing Rock, loosely based on Linda Black Elk
5. Angela Davis — Feminist political activist and philosopher
6. Tank man at Tiananmen Square Up
7. Greta Thunberg — Climate change activist and activist aboard the humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza
8. Freedom Riders, including Senator John Lewis
9. Hibiscus/Flower Power man — Vietnam War protests
10. Sitting Bull — A Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies
11. Rosa Parks — Civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama, best known for her refusal to move from her bus seat in defiance of Jim Crow segregation laws
CAUSE: Appalachian Herb Collective, which is a collaboration of herbalists from Western North Carolina, offering free herbal mutual-aid hubs and hosting clinics to support health issues related to Hurricane Helene in Asheville, NC. Appalachian Herb Collective
ARTIST STATEMENT: I paint to celebrate the radiant spectrum of human identity and the sacredness of the natural world—both of which capitalism seeks to commodify, exploit, and erase. My practice is rooted in anti-capitalist values: I reject the notion that art must conform to market demands or institutional gatekeeping. Instead, I create as an act of liberation, community care, and ecological reverence. I believe in art that lives outside galleries—on protest signs, in zines, on kitchen walls—where it can nourish, provoke, and inspire.
Watercolor. 22 x 30 inches. “Protest” is a celebration of important protestors and activists throughout (mostly) American history, including:
1. Marsha P. Johnson - Stonewall Riots
2. Fred Hampton — Leader of the Chicago Black Panther Party, assassinated by the FBI
3. Colin Kaepernick — Quarterback for the 49ers, known for his protest of kneeling during the national anthem
4. Dakota Access Pipeline protestor at Standing Rock, loosely based on Linda Black Elk
5. Angela Davis — Feminist political activist and philosopher
6. Tank man at Tiananmen Square Up
7. Greta Thunberg — Climate change activist and activist aboard the humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza
8. Freedom Riders, including Senator John Lewis
9. Hibiscus/Flower Power man — Vietnam War protests
10. Sitting Bull — A Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies
11. Rosa Parks — Civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama, best known for her refusal to move from her bus seat in defiance of Jim Crow segregation laws
CAUSE: Appalachian Herb Collective, which is a collaboration of herbalists from Western North Carolina, offering free herbal mutual-aid hubs and hosting clinics to support health issues related to Hurricane Helene in Asheville, NC. Appalachian Herb Collective
ARTIST STATEMENT: I paint to celebrate the radiant spectrum of human identity and the sacredness of the natural world—both of which capitalism seeks to commodify, exploit, and erase. My practice is rooted in anti-capitalist values: I reject the notion that art must conform to market demands or institutional gatekeeping. Instead, I create as an act of liberation, community care, and ecological reverence. I believe in art that lives outside galleries—on protest signs, in zines, on kitchen walls—where it can nourish, provoke, and inspire.
