"Many of us become accidental activists. Not out of rage, but out of heartbreak. Because somewhere along the way, we realized silence helps no one. Not the earth, not our children, not each other"- Paul Avellino ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper)

“By the time this is all over, we’re going to find out that Epstein was in the Trump Files “- Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social (“POST TRUTH 2017”, 8ftx9ft, charcoal and graphite on paper) #trumpisontheepsteinlist #lockhimupalready‼️

I’m getting older, not wiser #oneoutoftwo #happybirthdaytome🎉 #timeflies✈️

“ It was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with “- Anais Nin (“DELUSION DWELLERS 2007”, 38”x48”, charcoal and graphite on paper)

Stop worrying about everything. "RAISE YOUR VIBRATION, FFS‼️ 2025", 24.8"x25", charcoal & graphite on paper

#joyscrolling #midterms ("SCROLLING 2024", 41.75"x32.5", charcoal & graphite on paper)

"Because whatever has happened to humanity, whatever is happening to humanity, it is happening to all of us. No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain & terror, we live in one world"-Alice Walker ("COLLATERAL DAMAGE 2005, charcoal & pencil on paper)

"No art is possible without a dance with death"-Kurt Vonnegut ("DANCE HALL OF THE CORPSE COUPLES 2007", 33"x29.5", charcoal & graphite on paper) #DiadelosMuertos

#trickortreat👻 (“FACELIFT 2005”, pencil on paper, 21”x16”) #halloween2025🎃👻🕷️🦇

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared"- Diary of Anne Frank, Jan.13, 1943 ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", charcoal&graphite on paper) #🚫🧊

This entire "presidency" is like being tied to a chair & watching a toddler play with a loaded gun ("NANNY'S BOY 2020", 17"x15.5", charcoal & pencil on paper)

#NoKingsDay One thing we should never do is bow down to an administration fueled by hate, racism & fascism. I would rather stand alone with integrity than join a crowd built on ignorance & cruelty‼️ ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton) 🇺🇸

The world will try to convince you that art is a luxury. It is not. Art is medicine. It heals in ways that cannot be measured or explained. It reaches places therapy cannot touch. What you do is not optional. It is essential.

“A government shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top & they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the President is WEAK!”-Donald Trump 2013 (“POST TRUTH 2017”, 4ft10x8ft9”, charcoal & graphite on paper) #governmentshutdown

"BUT I LIKE LITTLE GIRLS‼️ LEAVE ME ALONE❗" ("NANNY'S BOY 2020", 17"x15.5", charcoal & pencil on paper, commissioned by an Australian art collector)

NEW YORKERS‼️ Have 2 pieces in this show. Hope you can stop by... LL xx ("DEMOCRACY 2012", 28"x34.5", charcoal & graphite on paper / "NEWSFEED 2019", 38.5"x55.5", charcoal & graphite on paper)

"We live in a Post Truth society. We don't care. We have lost empathy. We've stopped caring for each other. That's something that goes much deeper than just climate crisis deniers"- Greta Thunberg ("THE DISASTERS OF WAR 2003", 18"x23.5", pencil on paper)

You think an immigrant at the ER is stealing your money? Not the billionaires with 5 homes, 3 yachts, 2 private jets, & a golden toilet? Congratulations! You’re living proof that propaganda works (“DELUSION DWELLERS 2007”, 38”x48”, charcoal and graphite on paper)

“REAL ART HAS THE CAPACITY TO MAKE US NERVOUS” Susan Sontag (“ICON 2003”, 36”x27”, charcoal and graphite on paper)

"The victim of mind manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, & he believes himself to be free"-Aldous Huxley ("ALONE IN A ROOM, SOCIALIZING 2018", 29"x31.5", charcoal & graphite on paper)

"POSTING MEMES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD WHILE THE WORLD ENDS 2025", 21.9"x34.5, charcoal & graphite on paper

We wanted huddled masses, not masked asses!! ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper)

For all my #NYC peeps: I have 2 pieces in a group show Opening in October. Come and see my work in the flesh! #NewYorkCityExhibition

"We're developing a new citizenry: one that will be very selective about cereals & cars, but won't be able to think"- Rod Serling ("CLOSED CIRCUIT 2007", 67"x51", charcoal & pencil on paper)

“Be kind…for everyone you meet is fighting some moronic battle on the Internet “- Buddha (“ARGUING ONLINE 2016”, 45.5”x93.5”, charcoal and graphite on paper)

HOW TO WATCH THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATION…. “SCROLLING 2025”, 42”x32.5”, charcoal & graphite on paper #drawingoftheday✏️

Just finished this drawing, and yes I know it's weird, but it's how I see my fellow countrymen at the moment: "ON THE EDGE OF ARMAGEDDON 2025", 29"x29.5", charcoal & graphite on paper

Me finding out my mom took Tylenol while pregnant ("PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG BITCH", limited edition lithograph, 29"x19.5") #releasetheepsteinfilesnow

“ORANGE LIES MATTER”‼️ (“MOUTHPIECE 2017, 37.5”x57”, charcoal and graphite on paper)

"Tyranny requires your fear, your silence & your compliance. Democracy requires your courage"- Illinois Gov Pritzker ("DELUSION DWELLERS 2007", 38"x48", charcoal & pencil on paper) #resist

I don't judge people based on color, race, religion, sexuality, gender, ability or size. I base it on whether or not they're an asshole ("LIKE, DISLIKE 2017", 43"x33", charcoal & graphite on paper)

Posting on social media to my echo chamber #socialmedia #echochamber #bubble ("PROJECTION 2006", 32"x29.5", pencil on paper)

TikTok, X, & META are controlled by tRump allies. Sinclair Broadcast pushes right-wing propaganda into 40% of local news. FOX News is in 70 million homes. WaPo & Politico are tRump donors. Our information is being carefully curated by conservative billionaires ("NEWSFEED 2019, pencil on paper)

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires"- Susan B Anthony ("PRAYER 1991",25"x16", pencil on paper)

"If you don't own a gun, you can't have an opinion on the 2nd Amendment"...That's great!! Now do uteruses ("BREAKING UP 1993", 27"x32.7", charcoal & graphite on paper)

"Calling bigotry an opinion is like calling arsenic a flavor"- Jack Cameron ("MOB 2007", 30.3"x43", pencil on paper)