Never Forget #2 | Tamir Rice Canvas

“Never Forget #2” is grief painted in daylight.

This canvas centers Tamir Rice as he should have been held in the public imagination the whole time: a kid. Soft smile, calm eyes, hoodie on, leaning forward like he’s about to say something funny. Behind him is a playground lifted into the sky—slides, rails, and familiar shapes floating in clouds like a memory that won’t land. It reads like heaven, but it also reads like accusation: this is where he was supposed to stay… in childhood.

The palette is warm and golden, almost tender, and that’s what makes it hit harder. There’s no gore, no spectacle, no “crime scene” energy—just the quiet violence of absence. The painting forces the viewer to sit with the simplest truth: a child was removed from the future.

Made for BAD AFRIKA and signed by Joseph J Washington, this piece belongs on the wall of anyone who refuses America’s favorite trick—time passing until outrage expires. The title is the mission: never forget, and never let them reduce him to a headline.

• 1.25″ (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +/- 0.74 oz./yd.² (344 g/m² +/- 25g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia

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