A couple weeks ago, I, like a lot of people, watched with horror and disgust as police departments around the country rioted out of control against people protesting police violence. I am heartened that Americans have risen up across the country and that maybe, perhaps, something might change.
I am in a high-risk category for COVID and I’m a father of a young child, so though my sympathy (along my donations) went out to the protestors, I am reluctant to go to the marches. So I process my anger through art. I did a series of quick oil on paper paintings of some of the more striking and unusual news photos of the protests I’ve seen. Usually these are completed not in days or weeks as my canvas paintings are but hours.
Protest Elmo is the best Elmo.
This was the first one I did. I would have liked it even better if it were a Chase bank burning down.