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Title of Piece: For Breonna
Artist: Anita Easterwood
Size: 11x14
Medium: Graphite
Price: $1,750
About the Artist:
Anita is a nationally recognized visual artist based in Kansas City. She received her BA in Art from Kansas State University and MA in African American Studies from the University of Kansas. Her portraits are known for their ability to evoke emotion and her unique hatching technique. She specializes in traditional drawing, digital art and oil painting. Her work celebrates Blackness through: Black culture, fashion, history, and sisterhood. Her work has been published in American Art Collector and by The New York Times.
About the Piece:
This portrait is made completely by using her name. no Lines. When Breonna was killed, I would wake up with her and her family heavy on my heart, enraged by her murder, the lack of accountability, and complete absence of justice. I thought: I should do a tribute for her like I did for Sandra. Then my heart broke, because Sandra should have been the last one. But then there was: Charleena Lyles Shukri Ali Atatiana Jefferson And so many more It’s times like this that I think back to a conversation I had with my mentor/ professor years ago, right after the murder of Freddie Gray. I asked him “do you honestly think we’ll ever win this fight against injustice?” He responded, “even if we don’t, I’m not willing to go down without a fight. Are you?” The answer is no, I’m not… are you?
Title of Piece: For Breonna
Artist: Anita Easterwood
Size: 11x14
Medium: Graphite
Price: $1,750
About the Artist:
Anita is a nationally recognized visual artist based in Kansas City. She received her BA in Art from Kansas State University and MA in African American Studies from the University of Kansas. Her portraits are known for their ability to evoke emotion and her unique hatching technique. She specializes in traditional drawing, digital art and oil painting. Her work celebrates Blackness through: Black culture, fashion, history, and sisterhood. Her work has been published in American Art Collector and by The New York Times.
About the Piece:
This portrait is made completely by using her name. no Lines. When Breonna was killed, I would wake up with her and her family heavy on my heart, enraged by her murder, the lack of accountability, and complete absence of justice. I thought: I should do a tribute for her like I did for Sandra. Then my heart broke, because Sandra should have been the last one. But then there was: Charleena Lyles Shukri Ali Atatiana Jefferson And so many more It’s times like this that I think back to a conversation I had with my mentor/ professor years ago, right after the murder of Freddie Gray. I asked him “do you honestly think we’ll ever win this fight against injustice?” He responded, “even if we don’t, I’m not willing to go down without a fight. Are you?” The answer is no, I’m not… are you?