Blue Rose of Remembrance for Black Lives Gone Too Soon Art Print

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“Blue Rose of Remembrance for Black Lives Gone Too Soon” follows the practice previously established with my “Breaking the Gridlock of Hate” and “Kaleidoscope Moon” series. The plan was to debut images from the new “Too Many Lives Gone Too Soon” collection closer to New Year’s Eve but 2 developments prompted the decision to do it now. The first was learning that yet another unarmed young African-American man had been killed, and his girlfriend shot twice, by a policeman under questionable circumstances. The second was becoming aware of the #EndSARS protests, during which more than 100 people have been killed, against police brutality in Nigeria.

The date of October 20, 2020, has become known as “Black Tuesday” in Nigeria because that is when at least 48 people were killed after gathering at Lagos’s Lekki toll gate to protest the overtly brutal tactics of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The shooting of 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and his 20-...

After being born and raised in the southeastern United States, I spent many years, while pursuing my education and serving in the U.S. Air Force, traveling around America and the world. Much of that story is told in my recent book releases, Greeting Flannery OConnor at the Back Door of My Mind and Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah. Artwork by me is featured on the cover of both books. My last 3 public exhibits were at the Savannah/Hilton Head Airport Art Gallery in Savannah, Georgia, USA, and during a cultural arts event in the historic Lafayette Square in the same city. I am currently completing an artbook project on the COVID-19 pandemic with text contributions from writers around the world. My original Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle...