Monumental Change: The Voices of the Unheard

This is a fine art print of a painting I did of the Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia. The name of the painting comes from Monument Avenue, where statues of the Confederate Soldiers are. The idea of Monument Avenue was to place Confederate Generals along the road to intimidate and ward off minorities from moving to the area. Had the monuments been built as a true memorial, it would be one thing. But they were placed there specifically to remind black residents what part of the south they were in; "It's the capital of the Confederacy...and don't you forget that."

But as the tide has shifted, police brutality has been allowed to continue on, and residents, most of them having no affinity to the Confederacy, believe that the idea behind the statues was always wrong, and need to be torn down.

The graffiti is the voice of the unheard, which is a take off of Dr. King's 1966 interview with Mike Wallace that riots are the language/voice of the unheard. When people are oppressed and not being heard, rioting is the language they turn to.

These prints are on high quality archival matte prints.

$8.46 of each print sale goes to both The Innocence Project and Ambassadors of Change, Inc. Both of these organizations are essential to both the innocent who are wrongfully convicted, and young Black American girls to become stronger community leaders, promoting positive change.

If you'd like to donate to either organization, the websites are listed below:
https://www.ambassadorsofchangeinc.org/women-empowerment
https://www.innocenceproject.org