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Adding Names

For the last week the NFFF and I have been working to update the wall for New York. The non-painting side of the exhibit wall is filled almost end to end with the names of all the firefighters on the … Continue reading

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Time-Lapse installation of BETTER ANGELS in Rayburn House Office Building

In less than two weeks now, we’ll be setting up Better Angels in NEW YORK CITY!!!  That will be the last time the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and I will construct the big display wall where we show the paintings. … Continue reading

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School Kids Visit

I have a trove of pictures to post from our BETTER ANGELS exhibit in San Angelo Texas, and I’ll start with pictures taken this afternoon of a couple of the FIVE school classes who  came by to see the paintings. … Continue reading

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Goodfellow Air Force Base

TEXAS!  A couple hours ago I arrived on Goodfellow Air Force Base just outside San Angelo TX and tomorrow morning we set up Better Angels in an annex building of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art! This base is … Continue reading

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UPDATE NYC !

We are going to NEW YORK CITY.   The contract isn’t quite inked, so exact dates & venue are not yet for print, but THREE WEEKS, beginning mid-MAYish, in lower MANHATTAN. NOW we need to find VOLUNTEERS to help us … Continue reading

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Back in the Crates, Off to Texas

CPSE is over and done.  It took us about two and a half hours to break down the exhibit and pack it back into its crates and into the trailer for the trip to San Angelo, Texas.  It should arrive … Continue reading

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CPSE Las Vegas Day 1

Flew through the night, fell asleep on this side of the Rockies which, thanks to crystal clear skies and a big moon were gorgeous below.  Settling again into Pacific Time.  We’re 20+ miles from the strip here in Vegas, but … Continue reading

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Off to Las Vegas

Leaving tomorrow for Las Vegas to install BETTER ANGELS at the CPSE Excellence Conference.  The exhibit will be FREE and OPEN to the public March 6, 7, 8 & 9th at the Aliante Hotel & Casino 7300 Aliante Parkway North … Continue reading

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WTC In Their Own Words

I came home from Firehouse World with a copy of “WTC In Their Own Words,” edited by Harvey Eisner, Editor-in-Chief of Firehouse Magazine.  Once I started reading it, I almost had to stop my life until I finished.  Harvey has … Continue reading

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Packed Away, Off to Vegas

In San Diego Dave drove the truck and trailer onto the exhibit floor so for the first time I had a chance to take pictures of it all being packed away.  The picture on the trailer is of the NFFF … Continue reading

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