Marc Nelson – Page 8 – Paintings and Drawings @marcnelsonart

sketch.This is one of my heroes, torture survivor and human rights activist, @MansourOmariHe suffered indescribable torture in #Assad ‘s prisons, and risked his life to smuggle out cloth, with his fellow prisoners’ names, written in blood.He continues to seek justice

sketch.This is one of my heroes, torture survivor and human rights activist, @MansourOmariHe suffered indescribable torture in #Assad ‘s prisons, and risked his life to smuggle out cloth, with his fellow prisoners’ names, written in blood.He continues to seek justice June 29, 2025

sketch from eyewitness photo (incl. #watercolor)Woman holding skull.When #Assad fell in December, his torture prisons were flooded with families hoping to find ANY inklings of their disappeared loved ones.Today thousands are still looking.@RanaKabbani54 @RonanLTynan @UN

sketch from eyewitness photo (incl. #watercolor)Woman holding skull.When #Assad fell in December, his torture prisons were flooded with families hoping to find ANY inklings of their disappeared loved ones.Today thousands are still looking.@RanaKabbani54 @RonanLTynan @UN June 28, 2025

sketch from photo.Today, 6/26, is the International Day of Support for Victims of Torture. I wanted to honor a young man named Yeser. He was kidnapped by #Assad ‘s henchmen, and tortured to death for delivering medicine and first aid kits to wounded Syrians.@Caesarfamilies

sketch from photo.Today, 6/26, is the International Day of Support for Victims of Torture. I wanted to honor a young man named Yeser. He was kidnapped by #Assad ‘s henchmen, and tortured to death for delivering medicine and first aid kits to wounded Syrians.@Caesarfamilies June 26, 2025

Sketch from eyewitness video.Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, who has been LEGALLY working in the U.S. for 20+ years, was arrested for covering a #NoKings protest in GA, and is currently being detained by #ICE and being threatened with deportation.A dangerous precedent!

Sketch from eyewitness video.Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, who has been LEGALLY working in the U.S. for 20+ years, was arrested for covering a #NoKings protest in GA, and is currently being detained by #ICE and being threatened with deportation.A dangerous precedent! June 25, 2025

Sketch from video.Samih Madhoun ,a young musician and charity worker in #Gaza , sings a mournful, beautiful, song, accompanied by his oud. He sits in the rubble of one of the countless homes ripped apart by #Netanyahu #IDF . His life is precious, all lives in #Gaza are precious.

Sketch from video.Samih Madhoun ,a young musician and charity worker in #Gaza , sings a mournful, beautiful, song, accompanied by his oud. He sits in the rubble of one of the countless homes ripped apart by #Netanyahu #IDF . His life is precious, all lives in #Gaza are precious. June 24, 2025

Sketch for Each Step Home. This group is invaluable!

Sketch for Each Step Home. This group is invaluable! June 23, 2025June 23, 2025

sketch from 19th c. photograph.A few days ago #juneteenth2025 was utterly snubbed by #DonaldTrump . The only thing he said that day was that the “US had too many non-working holidays”.The last survivors of slavery died in the 1970s.Trump was in his 20s.This is not past.

sketch from 19th c. photograph.A few days ago #juneteenth2025 was utterly snubbed by #DonaldTrump . The only thing he said that day was that the “US had too many non-working holidays”.The last survivors of slavery died in the 1970s.Trump was in his 20s.This is not past. June 21, 2025

sketch.Nearly 200 days since his life was stolen by the #Assad regime I want the legacy of my friend #MazenAlHamada to live on. If anyone has memories/photos of Mazen they would like to share, please DM me.If you’ve lost someone to #Assad , I want to help share their story.

sketch.Nearly 200 days since his life was stolen by the #Assad regime I want the legacy of my friend #MazenAlHamada to live on. If anyone has memories/photos of Mazen they would like to share, please DM me.If you’ve lost someone to #Assad , I want to help share their story. June 19, 2025

Sketch.190 days ago my friend #MazenAlHamada ‘s broken body was found, tortured to death in a morgue near #Assad ‘s genocidal gulag #Saydnaya .Mazen was a witness to the worst of humanity.He was the best of humanity.His life lifted the lost voices of #Syria ‘s disappeared .

Sketch.190 days ago my friend #MazenAlHamada ‘s broken body was found, tortured to death in a morgue near #Assad ‘s genocidal gulag #Saydnaya .Mazen was a witness to the worst of humanity.He was the best of humanity.His life lifted the lost voices of #Syria ‘s disappeared . June 17, 2025