IN THE LINE OF DUTY
Image Size 9" x 29 1/2"
Signed and Numbered - $109.00**
Artist Proofs - $134.00**
Original - SOLD
( additional shipping and handling and tax when
applicable)
**STARVING ARTIST SALE PRICE
Prints will retail for $137.00 for signed and
numbered
prints and $178.00 for artist proofs
(effective dates to be announced)
When I was in high school, there was a local western artist
incorporating
ghost figures in his paintings. I liked his concept but
never
wished
to use it in my work. Years later, I came across another
artist,
Charles Peterson from Door County Michigan, using a ghost concept
in
his
nostalgia work. His technique and compositions were
exceptional.
He didn’t use the ghost figures as a representation of a spirit
world
but
as a statement of history; what life activities occured in the
same
location
so many years ago. One of his paintings showed an old barn
behind
a colonial style home and in it he placed ghost figures of an old
fire
truck and fire fighters milling around. It sparked my idea
for a
painting of a fallen fire fighter memorial.
As my concept developed over several years, I hesitated actually
doing
the work for fear such a painting would evoke too many
emotions.
Unable to shake the idea, I finally set out to paint it.
After
visiting
some of the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorials across the United
States, I
chose
the International Association of Fire Fighters Memorial in
Colorado
Springs,
Colorado. It was the largest and most artistically pleasing
I’d
found.
After doing the necessary field work for the composition, I put
everything
away for another four years; I couldn’t get past my concern for
how the
public would respond to the work.
With encouragement from my wife, many friends and acquaintances I
finally
proceeded with the painting. In the Line of Duty depicts a
variety
of people visiting the memorial; reflecting on the loss that
forever
changed
their lives. Unbeknownst to them, their loved ones are there
too.
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