Powerful artwork....

[Heartstrings]

I came across this artist named Adrian Brandon last night. However old the person was when they died, is the amount of time he spends coloring their picture. Tamar Rice was only 12 when he was murdered, so the artist only spent 12 minutes coloring his picture.

“I want the viewer to see how much empty space is left in these lives, stories that will never be told, space that can never be filled.”

His Instagram is @ayy.bee // https://instagram.com/ayy.bee?igshid=p0bbmhtv5xdo if you want to see more of his work.

His website is https://www.adrianbrandon.com/stolen

[sop]

1. Thanks for this.

[Nevilledog]

2. Stunning and heartbreaking.

[NNadir]

3. Thank you. It is indeed powerful. n/t.

[Karadeniz]

4. Amazing idea..really brings the loss home.

[malaise]

5. Magnificent

[SoonerPride]

6. Very powerful indeed. Like a gut punch.

Thank you for sharing this.

[secondwind]

7. Truly amazing work that grabs the jugular!

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. That you for sharing.

Very powerful.

[bobbieinok]

9. This procedure really forces you to confront reality!

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Profound!

Adrian Brandon — @AYY-BEE

[tecelote]

11. Powerful!

[luvallpeeps]

12. Wow

Thanks for sharing.

[beveeheart]

13. So powerful!

Thank you for sharing.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

14. Pictures are more powerful than words...nt

[pansypoo53219]

15. awesome.

[Demovictory9]

16. K&r

[murielm99]

17. Stop making me cry.

[AwakeAtLast]

20. Pass the tissues to me, please.

Unfinished lives. Such a tragedy!

[Collimator]

18. That is beautiful

and heartbreaking and brilliantly brings home the point about the life that has been lost.

[spudspud]

19. Powerful, and meaningful art. /nt

[AwakeAtLast]

21. A gut- puncher!

But so needed. So many people need to see this, thank you for posting!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. Powerful. 😪

[panader0]

23. Recommended

[pazzyanne]

24. These need to be put in a collection in a museum exhibit somewhere.

They are very well done, but heartbreaking. So sad, and we have seen a lot of sadness since March. How much more will we see before November 3rd. Daily there is heartbreaking news on the coronavirus. Daily there is more news about police brutality. Daily there are announcements from the tRump administration that destroy another piece of our nation. Daily there is news about tRump's impact on the world. When will enough truly be enough? For every gain we get, we seem to have more losses. I can't handle much more! I hate the orange *ss and his administration so much. Nothing that happens to them will be enough.

[freepotter]

27. There are several places

that would make a good home for this powerful work. One of which could be: "The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opens Thursday on a six-acre site overlooking the Alabama State Capitol, is dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy. And it demands a reckoning with one of the nation’s least recognized atrocities: the lynching of thousands of black people in a decades-long campaign of racist terror." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/us/lynching-memorial-alabama.html

Then, there is the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture that would be seen by many more folks.

[pazzyanne]

30. Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture...

… was the one I was thinking of. Thanks for the information, freepotter.

[volstork]

25. So powerful.

Thank you for sharing and for putting a spotlight on this amazing artist and his work.

[PatrickforO]

26. Very good. n/t

[BobTheSubgenius]

28. Along with a brilliant and unique (at least in my experience) idea,

the artist has buckets of talent. Fantastic collection.

[spanone]

29. K&R