George Floyd - Black Lives Matter #2 T-Shirt

George Floyd
Tribute series by Rafael Salazar - Portrait Study

George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020) was an African American man killed by police during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests in response to his death, and more broadly to police violence against black people, quickly spread across the United States and internationally.

Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas. He played football and basketball throughout high school and college. A blue-collar worker, he was also a hip hop artist and a mentor in his religious community.

Born in Cali, Colombia back in 1944. Barranquilla introduced Rafael to the world of arts amongst some of the most renowned Colombian artists from el "Grupo Barranquilla: during the La Cueva era. ~Rafael defies the assumption of his medium by employing techniques to push his images toward abstraction. He has always been ahead of the times... An Artist Provocateur. Nowadays, he is dedicated to painting; producing a vast array of creations where his imagination has no boundaries. His style of art can be described as abstract, contemporary, and colorful. His art often features bright and bold colors, and he uses a variety of techniques such as digital manipulation, mixed media, and collage to create intricate and dynamic compositions....