To honor Tyre Nichols and in protest of his brutal murder on January 7, 2023, I’m posting a trio of small paintings of sunsets. By now it is well-known that Nichols, the 29-year old Black man beaten to death by police in Memphis, Tennessee, was a generous, vibrant and creative spirit, a talented photographer who wrote on his website,
My vision is to bring my viewers deep into what I am seeing through my eye and out through my lens.
Sunsets, as we have learned, were one of his passions. May his memory live on in beauty and justice.
_____________________________________________________________
Art notes. To see more of the kind of art you that moves you on Big Planet Love, follow Elena Stone Arts on Instagram. I look forward to seeing you there!
Thank you to our subscribers and to those who have shared previous Big Planet Love posts. If you haven’t subscribed, you can do so by clicking the button below. And if you’re so inclined, please keep sharing and spreading the word!
Land acknowledgment. Big Planet Love is created in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Massachusett people. We acknowledge the ancestors and current community members in gratitude and respect.
Big Planet Love is a project of Elena Stone Arts and Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University.
