18.75” x 28”

From the series FOG COLORED HANDS (2025). Each summer, Nantucket’s year round population of ~15k swells to nearly 80k. Our airport is host to more private jets than Logan. Certain yachts must moor off in the sound as our harbor is too shallow. The island becomes a temporary colony of extreme wealth.

The landfill keeps no record of status, it is a great leveler. The women that manage the recycling center do not care if you run a fund with 8B AUM, they will yell at you if you do not flatten your cardboard.

Warhol observed that a Coke is a Coke, whether purchased by the President or a vagrant. In the same vein, trash achieves a democracy the island itself rarely permits. Here, the refuse of a $40-million estate is indistinguishable from a mid-island cottage. This mountain is a portrait of the season.