I'm Kirsten Joyce Anderson, a woman of salt and stone and friend to all birds.
I come from Croatian, Scandinavian, and European ancestors and was born and raised in Montana on the land of the Niitsitapi (Blackfeet) and Salish People. This wide and handsome place introduced me to an interconnectedness to the land and continues to be a great teacher and source of life and art for me. I now call the Pacific Northwest home and have for the past 20+ years, first making my way further west to study art and play soccer at Western Washington University. I feel extremely lucky to live where mountains meet ocean, the land of the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe and Coast Salish Peoples.
Salt and Stone. The mountains made me and the ocean shapes me.
I revel in work that honors the intersections of my artistic and analytic brain. Which is why during the day, I do consulting for an Indigenous-led non-profit, Children of the Setting Sun and in the evening I draw, create, experiment and integrate everything I am learning from the stewards of this land into my art.
I hold a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University, an MBA in Interdisciplinary Enterprise Management from Western Washington University as well as a BA in French and Fine Arts from Western Washington University.
I continue to learn so much from the natural world and I hope my work helps you see yourself as a part of this rich ecosystem with a responsibility to take care of these wild places for generations to come.
Ramble On, Kirsten
“...It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious and awesome space...”
