Black lives lost to police brutality are being honored by artists around the country.
that he chose to draw Floyd as the"gentle giant" he was described as by his family and friends. He says his latest piece of work was created using colored pencils on a sheet of kraft paper, and was a"gut reaction" to Floyd's death.
"It absolutely guts me that if Mr. Floyd were a white gentle giant or anything other than black, he'd still be alive today," Yahnker shares."As a Jew, indoctrinated since birth to the scores of my own ancestry massacred by the hands of evil forces, I know full well that silence itself can be a painfully violent and oppressive act."
"I am a firm believer in the power of the collective," he adds. "If we all put a drop in the bucket, it can turn into a tidal wave."Off social media, many artists have also been taking their work to the streets. This group of artists, for example, are the creators behind the beautiful public mural of Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was heavily featured during his televisedon Wednesday.
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