Nature vs Nurture is a mixed media portrait series that reflects on the relationship between elements of our identities that are innate and cultivated by our environments. To compliment this theme each portrait includes a combination of angular wooden forms and circle canvases covered in paint, crayon, and dried flowers inspired by each model’s unique identity as described in the video.
Nature vs. Nurture: Cassandra, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, wood, paper, dried lily, dried osmanthus, 18in x 14in
Nature vs. Nurture: Ayana, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, wood, paper, crayon, dried safflower, dried mint, 15in x 12in
Nature vs. Nurture: JESSC.X, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, wood, paper, crayon, dried globe amaranth, 17in x 16in
Nature vs. Nurture: Romy, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, wood, paper, crayon, dried forget-me-not, 16in x 12in
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The Boston Ujima Project is organizing neighbors, workers, business owners and investors to create a new community controlled economy in Greater Boston. We are challenging poverty and developing our communities by organizing our savings, businesses and customers to grow local wealth and meet our own needs. UJIMA (oo-JEE-mah) is a Swahili word, and the celebrated Kwanzaa principle for "collective work and responsibility". Ujima inspires us to take responsibility for our communities, to see our neighbor's problems as our own, and to build collective power to solve them together. The Ujima Project demonstrates new ways to invest, work, buy, own, and advocate. We are driven by a belief that another world is possible, and that we can help build it today.