1, 2. 3.                                                                                                                                                                     4. 5.   1. Lynching Blues # 6 is one of my earlier drawings in the series. I was still getting more acquainted with the ink washes, and layering techniques to build value. It was also my getting used to drawing the male figure in such a gruesome setting.  2.Lynching Blues #20 is one of the later lynching scenes, that resembles a stage set for theater. Although many lynchings were considered entertainment,...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.   1. Lynching Blues # 3 displays my continued interest in wash layers making statements with less pen lines, to tell the story. The southern fog or humidity floating around the crimes, hours or even days after committed, with a distant moon being veiled and suddenly unveiled by drifting clouds, during am hours. 2. Lynching Blues # 13 shows how not only were black men victims of lynching. Women too could be lynched, as being female did not excuse them from being black and targeted by racial terrorism. 3. Lynching Blues # 15 was an interesting piece to create. It tells the story in such a dramatic and necessary visual. The horrors of racial terrorism breaking through the darkest night, as mobs hunted for black men as game. The bright head lights of the truck and reckless driver chasing a black man through the night, who is running for his dear life to some kind of safety! 4. Lynching Blues # 16 is about how the duties that were enforced, continued as slaves worked in c...