The Supply Chain Portraits explore the rough, complex terrain of relationships connecting Western consumers, natural resources, ecosystems, indigenous tribes, and the world’s poor living at the edge of the global economy. Each painting is centered on a person working at the source of a supply chain that fills a basic need in artist Christopher Leith Evans’ daily life: the gasoline in his car, the wood of his kitchen table, the paint on his canvas, the coffee in his cup, and the iPhone in his pocket. Collaborative work with artists and advisors from Africa, Asia, and the Americas provides the foundation of knowledge and compassion at the heart of these monumental humanitarian visions.