Piece description from the artist
The Pride Flag has become incredibly ubiquitous in the 21st century. In an era when we both celebrate pride and advocate for diversity, I love seeing the Pride flag deconstructed out of its normal state: the standard rectangle with rainbow bars. What happens if the Pride flag is recognized in other forms? Like dots! This piece takes Pride into a new form, giving the same effect but in a new medium.
John Paul Snead is a Washington, D.C., based artist and illustrator whose primary tools include an iPencil, micron pens, and palette knives.
He is a Co-Founder of Lola & Pear Publishing, a small publishing company based on Capitol Hill that focuses on children's books, particularly those that tell stories of rescue dogs. John Paul has illustrated all three of Lola & Pear's books: The adventures of Duke, The Therapy Dog, Mommy Didn't Say That, & Rosie to the Rescue.
John Paul's favorite collection, "The 175ers," is a series of pen and watercolor pieces on 6"x9" paper that was exhibited at Theater Tuscaloosa in Alabama during the run of a production of Cabaret. The collection, using rough pen figures and pink watercolor, depicts the persecution of homosexuals by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany.
He lives in DC with his husband and tabby cat.
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