Roscoe Hall‬

‭PLEASE DON’T HURT MY FAMILY, WE’RE JUST WALKIN TO SCHOOL BRO!!‬‭ , 2025‬

‭Ingredients:‬‭ 20g acrylic, burlap, 1g sweet potato pigment, 2g oak charcoal, peanut ink, and thoughts of‬ desegregation and love on canvas.‬

‭Thoughts:‬‭ This piece is about the tension of history—the uneasy space between fear and unexpected help. It‬ pulls from‬‭ Arkansas’ school integration era‬‭ , but instead of just retelling that struggle, it flips the lens to focus‬ on the weight of trust or lack of it. The‬‭ burlap, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, and sweet potato pigment‬‭ layer like‬ memories—stitched, torn, and patched together, much like history itself. The figures are caught between‬ movement and hesitation. The towering white figure? Maybe a helper, maybe something else—but the real‬ story is in the family, bracing, unsure, because help ain’t always felt like help. This piece sits in that‬ moment—the shift, the uncertainty, the history of hands that push forward and the ones that pull back.‬

‭12”x9”

‭$3800‬

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