Audre Lorde
Acrylic paint and black micron pen
11” x 14”
The background of this artwork is a mix of many different skin tones. The painting is based off of Audre Lorde, who fiercely fought for equality for everyone. I wanted to include the darkest dark to the lighted light so how all skin tones. I then wrote one of her most famous poems, “Power”. The poem is about racism and sexism specifically relating to law. It pinpoints a specific case where a 37 year old, white, male cop shot and killed an innocent 10 year old african American boy. His body cam records him saying “Die you little mother f***er”. Other cameras catch him at the court hearing saying ,“I didn’t see age, I only saw color”, regarding his skin color. Obviously this was a major dip in the civil rights movement. I feel that as a society we get in these “dips and highs” with the movement. We sometimes get super into it but then we slack off and forget it’s importance, which is why I added the uneven line, to show that change in perspective. I also added the outline of an African American woman with her natural hair too show the beauty behind color.
Acrylic paint and black micron pen
11” x 14”
The background of this artwork is a mix of many different skin tones. The painting is based off of Audre Lorde, who fiercely fought for equality for everyone. I wanted to include the darkest dark to the lighted light so how all skin tones. I then wrote one of her most famous poems, “Power”. The poem is about racism and sexism specifically relating to law. It pinpoints a specific case where a 37 year old, white, male cop shot and killed an innocent 10 year old african American boy. His body cam records him saying “Die you little mother f***er”. Other cameras catch him at the court hearing saying ,“I didn’t see age, I only saw color”, regarding his skin color. Obviously this was a major dip in the civil rights movement. I feel that as a society we get in these “dips and highs” with the movement. We sometimes get super into it but then we slack off and forget it’s importance, which is why I added the uneven line, to show that change in perspective. I also added the outline of an African American woman with her natural hair too show the beauty behind color.