We Hold These Truths
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Soldiers in 1942 during WWII preparing to fight for our freedom. In that era, you would not have seen a black man and a white man cleaning guns next to each other because of segregation. As one American general famously said, "Why are we spending so many resources to separate each other? The Germans do not care who they are shooting at." The artist wanted show that we may have had our many problems here at home, but we still came together to win the war.
Submitted by Mahmud Smith from Romeoville.
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This composition was inspired by the palette of the Pacific ocean, rocky desert landscapes and textures of sea life.
The subject for this pencil drawing is a fallen Douglas Fir tree that I saw after five days of hiking in Oregon.
BLACKTAX is series of multimedia artworks by ARTepidemic from Chicago.
After spending years working in great detail on three large-scale works on paper my focus turned more formal through a series of “Cross-Section” drawings on various kinds of graph paper.
Colored pencil drawing on Dura-lar Matte Film, 14" x 17".
Momic is a comic series on observations in motherhood. This episode, "Limits" (completed April 7, 2020), expresses the initial realizations of life during physical distancing.
This is a color pencil work created by Mary Blinn. Mary passed away in 2015. Her husband Bob is curating her work and making it available for people to enjoy at this critical time.
The Quarantine Sketchbook project started day one of Chicago's Shelter-in-Place order.
Chalk pastel and acrylic on board.
