Whitney L Anderson · Mosaic collage artist · Duke University, B.A. Fine Arts

Mosaic collage portraits that breathe life into little squares.

I'm Whitney L Anderson, a Duke fine arts graduate who hand-cuts thousands of squares from recycled magazines and places them one by one until a face looks back at you. Custom portrait commissions and original collage art, 10 to 50 hours per piece, made by hand in Denver and collected nationwide.

  • Duke University, B.A. Fine Arts
  • Red Dot Miami, Art Basel week
  • Art San Diego
  • Purina commission
Read My Lips, hand-cut mosaic collage by Whitney L Anderson
Read My LipsHand-cut recycled fashion magazines
See the Read My Lips collection
10–50hours to build one collage
100%recycled magazines, cut by hand
1000sof tiny pieces in every portrait
45countries explored (and counting)
1,000children's books sold in 2022
3years old when I started drawing

A note from the artist

Why I spend 50 hours on a single face

I believe what makes me a successful artist is often a paradox of mindsets: whimsical and free thinking with my ideas, yet disciplined and commanding to execute those ideas.

I spend countless hours on my art. From conception to completion, my mind is always calculating the next move to bring everything I visualize to life, one hand-cut square at a time.

My creative mission is to consistently move toward new, challenging work. I believe that is what invites you to see beyond the art and into my soul, as it in turn touches your own.

Whitney L Anderson's signatureWhitney L Anderson · Mosaic collage artist · Duke University, B.A. Fine Arts

Three ways to bring my art home

Collage portraits, art prints & picture books

Seven rooms, forty-plus collections

Mosaic collage art gallery

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50 hours in the making

Watch a collage portrait come together

Every big portrait starts as a pencil sketch on a blank sheet. Then I cut and place tiny pieces of magazine, one by one, until the face looks back at me. Hover over (or tap) each stage of my Morgan Freeman portrait.

Morgan Freeman portrait, pencil sketch
Sketch
Morgan Freeman portrait, halfway cut
Cutting
Finished Morgan Freeman mosaic collage portrait
Hour 50

Every piece has a story

Collage commission stories, in my own words

Read all commission stories

Where my pieces live now

Collage art in collectors' homes

The Seattle Skyline collage hanging above a sofa
Seattle Skyline · Seattle, WA
Collectors smiling beside their commissioned portrait
A happy collector & their portrait
Shark collage in a mountain home living room
Outliers shark · Park City, UT

“We are beyond happy with how ‘Wilbur’ turned out, thank you!”

Collector

“There aren't any words that can express my gratitude!! Priceless.”

Collector
Art Basel week · Red Dot MiamiArt San DiegoPurina Feed GreatnessBainbridge Island Museum of ArtDuke University, B.A. Fine Arts