Alise Eastgate

Alise Eastgate is a painter, designer, illustrator, and muralist. Her work explores her experiences, connections to nature and her belief that all living beings deserve the right to live, love and be free. She has exhibited work in solo and group shows in Oakland and San Francisco, including the de Young Museum, and live-painted at events and festivals throughout California and the Fiji Islands.

Through their joint project, EastRand Studios, Alise and her life and creative partner Jack Eastgate, have designed and illustrated for artists, activists, and nonprofits and painted murals in Oakland, Sacramento and Fiji.

Divine Guidance features a young girl atop a humpback whale with poppies extending from her body. She represents both a personal inner child being cared for by an elder version of self and also the collective youth being held by ancestors.

Ayana Ivery