| Piece | Subject & Pairing | Cultural Frameworks | Medium Components | Dominant Palette | Recurring Symbol | Texture Echo | Compositional Thread | Cross-Portfolio Motifs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piece 1 (AK) | Ava (wilderness-raised peer) ↔ NYC peer |
Generational Culture
Urban vs. Rural Culture
Age/Life Stage Culture
|
22x30" Oil Paint (Portrait): Ava
11x14" Chalk Pastel: Peer connections in Brooklyn yard
8x10" Micron Ink: Wilderness/city contrast
8x10" Relief Print: Coming-of-age responsibility
|
Present teal + Alaska glacier blue + Brooklyn brick red | Double horizon lines (wilderness/city duality) | Rough pastel strokes as "peer energy" | Split-screen compositions showing dual environments | Doubled horizons, connecting hands, contrasting light sources |
| Piece 2 (AK) | Lance Twitchell ↔ NYC Immigrant elder |
Indigenous vs. Settler vs. Immigrant
Language Systems
Ritual & Tradition Systems
Spiritual/Religious Culture
|
22x30" Watercolor (Portrait): Lance Twitchell
11x14" Collage/Acrylic: Indigenous knowledge keeper
8x10" Cyanotype: Traditional ecological knowledge
8x10" Ink/Natural Dye: Land as sacred
|
Past ochre + Alaska forest green + spiritual silver | Circular forms (traditional knowledge cycles) | Natural dye bleeding as "traditional knowledge integration" | Radial compositions emanating from central figures | Water elements (glacial), native plants, circular wisdom patterns |
| Piece 3 (AK) | Téa Neilson ↔ NYC chosen family |
Generational Culture
Gender/Family Culture
Technology/Digital Culture
Professional Cultures
|
22x30" Watercolor (Portrait): Téa Neilson
11x14" Oil Pastel: Téa in wilderness
8x10" Photo Transfer: Documentation methods
8x10" Colored Pencil: Young women's leadership
|
Future sage green + Alaska stone gray + contemporary magenta | Vertical growth elements (trees, figures reaching up) | Photo transfer fragmentation as "documentation process" | Vertical emphasis showing growth/aspiration | Vertical growth forms, reaching hands, northern light |
| Piece 4 (NYC) | Immigrant elder ↔ Lance Twitchell |
Indigenous vs. Settler vs. Immigrant
Food Culture Systems
Urban vs. Rural Culture
Language Systems
|
22x30" Collage/Acrylic (Portrait): Immigrant elder
11x14" Chalk Pastel: Elder with traditional plants
8x10" Cyanotype: Homeland practices in city
8x10" Relief Print: Cultural knowledge preservation
|
Past ochre + Brooklyn park green + heritage gold | Root systems, transplanted botanical forms | Cyanotype blue shadows in knowledge preservation pieces | Layered histories, palimpsest effects | Root systems, transplanted plants, layered historical light |
| Piece 5 (NYC) | Environmental justice activist ↔ Alaska conservation organizer |
Class/Economic Culture
Professional Cultures
Urban vs. Rural Culture
Disability/Accessibility Culture
|
22x30" Colored Pencil (Portrait): Environmental justice activist
11x14" Oil Pastel: Community organizing scene
8x10" Photo Transfer: Environmental justice focus
8x10" Ink/Natural Dye: Environmental justice + disability rights
|
Present magenta + Brooklyn concrete gray + justice red | Urban geometric forms, community gathering shapes | Photo transfer grittiness as "grassroots activism" | Community cluster compositions, collective action | Community clusters, hands in collective action, urban light |
| Piece 6 (NYC) | Kim Macharia ↔ Jill Weitz |
Professional Cultures
Technology/Digital Culture
Language Systems
Gender/Family Culture
|
22x30" Watercolor (Portrait): Kim Macharia
11x14" Chalk Pastel: Kim in research environment
8x10" Colored Pencil: Scientific terminology
8x10" Micron Ink: Women in science
|
Future silver + Brooklyn sunset orange + research blue | Water/flow motifs, space/cosmic elements | Precise colored pencil in scientific/professional pieces | Technical precision, analytical arrangements | Water/flow elements, cosmic patterns, analytical light |
| Piece 7 (AK) | Jill Weitz ↔ NYC professional leader |
Professional Cultures
Generational Culture
Class/Economic Culture
Gender/Family Culture
|
22x30" Oil Paint (Portrait): Jill Weitz with you and brother
11x14" Colored Pencil: Jill Weitz and scientist
8x10" Cyanotype: Middle-class environmental aesthetics
8x10" Relief Print: Matriarchal environmental mentorship
|
Future deep blue + Past warm sepia + Alaska salmon pink | Triangular mentorship arrangements (elder-younger-peer) | Oil paint richness in mentorship pieces as "relationship depth" | Three-point compositions showing knowledge transmission | Triangular arrangements, teaching hands, layered light |
| Piece 8 (AK) | Téa (accessibility focus) ↔ NYC accessibility perspectives |
Generational Culture
Disability/Accessibility Culture
Artistic/Creative Culture
Technology/Digital Culture
|
22x30" Oil Paint (Portrait): Téa
11x14" Oil Pastel: Téa with adaptive practices
8x10" Ink/Natural Dye: Neurodivergent environmental processing
8x10" Colored Pencil: Adaptive environmental practices
|
Present electric blue + Alaska forest green + adaptive violet | Modular/component shapes reflecting learning disability accommodations | Multiple media layers showing "different processing approaches" | Modular grid layouts reflecting adaptive strategies | Modular arrangements, adapting hands, varied light processing |
| Piece 9 (AK) | JoAnn & Dave Lesh ↔ NYC chosen family |
Gender/Family Culture
Class/Economic Culture
Food Culture Systems
Ritual & Tradition Systems
|
22x30" Collage/Acrylic (Portrait): You and JoAnn in garden
11x14" Watercolor: JoAnn and Dave
8x10" Micron Ink: Hospitality culture
8x10" Photo Transfer: Knowledge transmission
|
Past burnt sienna + Alaska glacier blue + nurturing rose | Garden/cultivation motifs (hands in soil, growing plants) | Watercolor flowing in nurturing/growth pieces | Embracing/encircling compositions showing care | Garden/cultivation forms, embracing hands, warm interior light |
| Piece 10 (NYC) | NYC chosen family ↔ JoAnn & Dave Lesh |
Gender/Family Culture
Artistic/Creative Culture
Urban vs. Rural Culture
Age/Life Stage Culture
|
22x30" Oil Paint (Portrait): NYC chosen family figure
11x14" Colored Pencil: Brooklyn chosen family scene
8x10" Relief Print: Urban community formation
8x10" Cyanotype: Chosen family structures
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Present teal + Brooklyn brick red + chosen family purple | Interconnected geometric forms, chosen constellation patterns | Oil paint richness shows "chosen relationship depth" | Non-traditional family arrangements, creative groupings | Constellation patterns, creative hands, intimate interior light |
Past/Memory: Warm sepia tones, ochres, burnt siennas
Present/Peers: Vibrant teals, magentas, electric blues
Future/Leadership: Deep blues, sage greens, silver accents
Alaska: Glacier blues, forest greens, salmon pinks, stone grays
Brooklyn: Brick reds, concrete grays, urban greens, sunset oranges
Bridge Colors: Purples and violets connecting both locations
Pieces 1 & 5: Split environments - peer connections across place
Pieces 2 & 4: Elder wisdom keepers in radial compositions
Pieces 3 & 6: Professional women in vertical aspiration arrangements
Pieces 7 & 10: Mentorship triangles vs. chosen family clusters
Pieces 8 & 9: Adaptive strategies vs. traditional nurturing
Oil Paint: Deep relationships and mentorship connections
Watercolor: Flowing knowledge transmission
Cyanotype: Historical/archival knowledge preservation
Photo Transfer: Contemporary documentation methods
Relief Print: Cultural pattern and tradition maintenance