Wherever there are protests, there are artists telling the story. These sketchbook pages are a few examples of their interpretations.
Sketch artists who capture protests on the spot have been a fact of life for decades. Above, from the 2014 immigration protests in Murrieta, California by Los Angeles artist Mike Sheehan.
Above and below, Cathy Raingarden has numerous examples on her Instagram.
“”One person. One moment. One act of courage can challenge the weight of power,” writes Artist Praveen Krishnan, based in India.
From the Jantar Mantar protests in New Delhi, by artist Lokesh Khodke
“At The Circus ~ Where power paints its face, juggles distraction, and calls it governance,” by Brian Jay Hoffman.
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Sometimes, when the government we put into office becomes so, ABUSIVE, and, we can’t, OVERTHROW these, governments, we can only, use our, creative expressions to, voice our, upset, and, by expressing our angers toward our governments, hopefully, there are those who feel the same way as we do, and, when there’s enough of a, momentum that’s built up, then, hopefully, we’ll be able to, kick these, tyrants out of office with our, votes;
Your comments on abusive governments that it’s hard to overthrow are so pertinent right now. Thank you for your extremely relevant thoughts!
IMpressive. Thanks for sharing.
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I absolutely love this artwork. It’s wonderful. I’m going to reblog it. Thank you so much.
I wish I’d had pages and pages to post the fabulous work that’s gone on in the past and it still going on now. Thanks.