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A New Year
As 2012 comes to a close, with 2013 within sight, I want to take this opportunity to thank the fire community and all the wonderful families, organizations and firefighters I have had the honor to meet over these past three … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, 343, 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighter, firefighters, firefighters of 9/11, Gary Siebel, LODD, Manhattan, memorial, New Year, NFFF, NYC, paintings, World Trade Center, WTC
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44 repainted replaced…
The last of the 77 repainted portraits have now been replaced in this website. Most were repainted because I wanted to improve the paintings (using the NFFF’s website for better quality reference pictures). However, a couple were repainted because I … Continue reading
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Tagged 343, 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighter, firefighters, firefighters of 9/11, memorial, NFFF, paintings, portraits, World Trade Center
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Changing out the Paintings…
As I write, Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the East Coast and I want to send my best wishes to everyone in its path. I have finally resized all the files etc so that I can change out the … Continue reading
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Tagged 343, 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighter, firefighters, firefighters of 9/11, memorial, NFFF, paintings, portraits, World Trade Center, WTC
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Colorado Springs Fire Department Pictures
Engines from C.S.F.D., the U.S. Air Force, and Fort Carson for the opening ceremonies.The guests of honor: Governor John Hickenlooper (r) and Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach. CSFD Communications Director Sunny Smaldino opens the ceremonies and introduces CSFD Chief Rich … Continue reading
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Bus Trip to Colorado Springs
Friends from Boulder who helped me rent a bus for the two hour trip to see Better Angels in Colorado Springs in early September. So much fun.
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Belatedly Colorado Springs
I was so busy on my recent trip with the paintings to Colorado Springs that I hardly had time to think much less post pictures. And on opening day, I was largely without a camera. Now I know there are … Continue reading
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Ready to Go
They moved one antique engine engine into the next room, removed an entire row of equipment display cabinets, and now we are about to cover 2/3 of their historical timeline with the 343 paintings of Better Angels. Official opening on … Continue reading
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Tagged 343, 9/11, better angels, Colorado Springs, Dawn Siebel, firefighter, firefighters, firefighters of 9/11, NHDF, paintings, World Trade Center, WTC
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COLORADO SPRINGS 8/31 – 9/11
Getting excited now about bringing the paintings home to Colorado where they began. I could not be more grateful to the Colorado Springs Fire Department, the City of Colorado Springs and the National Homeland Defense Foundation who are 100% responsible … Continue reading
The Things We Learn…
In the WEEKS since I wrote, I’ve been hard hard hard at work on the paintings, the crates, name tags for the Dallas Stair Climb group, and more. In the end I did a little or a lot of work … Continue reading
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Tagged 343, 9/11, better angels, Colorado Springs, Dawn Siebel, firefighter, firefighters, firefighters of 9/11, LODD, memorial, paintings, World Trade Center
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Room for Improvement
I had thought it would be about 20 paintings that would get just a little more work, but it will be closer to 60. Here are about 50 that are now finished. One by one I will rescan them and … Continue reading