Takatāpui Queer
18 x 14 inches (🇳🇿 460 x 360 mm)
Acrylic on canvas, 2023
Anna, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
created with the permission of the model
While in New Zealand, I’ve stayed connected to my roots in the United States. I included a portrait of my lover Anna (they/them) as a way to stay connected.
Anna is a non-binary, pansexual, Tantra and sex coach and Reiki master living in Salt Lake City, Utah. The work they do with people releases a lifetime of shame and unlocks full access to client’s bodies and energy. They are a modern-day healer using ancient healing modalities.
What came out in the painting of them was a beautifully captured handsome version of them that reads as both/neither male or female. The contrast of the yellow and blue creates a staccato viewing experience and puts the viewer into the space between socially defined binaries.
Exhibition History
2023 - Portraits of Community: One-word Stories, The Art House, Whakatāne,
Aotearoa New Zealand
18 x 14 inches (🇳🇿 460 x 360 mm)
Acrylic on canvas, 2023
Anna, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
created with the permission of the model
While in New Zealand, I’ve stayed connected to my roots in the United States. I included a portrait of my lover Anna (they/them) as a way to stay connected.
Anna is a non-binary, pansexual, Tantra and sex coach and Reiki master living in Salt Lake City, Utah. The work they do with people releases a lifetime of shame and unlocks full access to client’s bodies and energy. They are a modern-day healer using ancient healing modalities.
What came out in the painting of them was a beautifully captured handsome version of them that reads as both/neither male or female. The contrast of the yellow and blue creates a staccato viewing experience and puts the viewer into the space between socially defined binaries.
Exhibition History
2023 - Portraits of Community: One-word Stories, The Art House, Whakatāne,
Aotearoa New Zealand
18 x 14 inches (🇳🇿 460 x 360 mm)
Acrylic on canvas, 2023
Anna, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
created with the permission of the model
While in New Zealand, I’ve stayed connected to my roots in the United States. I included a portrait of my lover Anna (they/them) as a way to stay connected.
Anna is a non-binary, pansexual, Tantra and sex coach and Reiki master living in Salt Lake City, Utah. The work they do with people releases a lifetime of shame and unlocks full access to client’s bodies and energy. They are a modern-day healer using ancient healing modalities.
What came out in the painting of them was a beautifully captured handsome version of them that reads as both/neither male or female. The contrast of the yellow and blue creates a staccato viewing experience and puts the viewer into the space between socially defined binaries.
Exhibition History
2023 - Portraits of Community: One-word Stories, The Art House, Whakatāne,
Aotearoa New Zealand