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Following the demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd, NYC was hit with looting and street fires, literally on my block in Soho. I couldn’t sleep with all the sirens, loud bangs, and hovering helicopters. So I went outside and saw hundreds of youths running through the streets, pouring out of smashed up stores with bags of goods. I locked eyes with one for a moment and I thought, wow this guy is so young, healthy and seems like a handsome dude, why would he do this when he has so much going for him? It was a startling but sad moment, and for me reflects something deeply wrong with racial equality in the United States which makes such promising young people so desperate. I created the painting from the memory and some scattered reference photos.
Following the demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd, NYC was hit with looting and street fires, literally on my block in Soho. I couldn’t sleep with all the sirens, loud bangs, and hovering helicopters. So I went outside and saw hundreds of youths running through the streets, pouring out of smashed up stores with bags of goods. I locked eyes with one for a moment and I thought, wow this guy is so young, healthy and seems like a handsome dude, why would he do this when he has so much going for him? It was a startling but sad moment, and for me reflects something deeply wrong with racial equality in the United States which makes such promising young people so desperate. I created the painting from the memory and some scattered reference photos.