“Better Angels: The Firefighters of 9/11” is 343 portraits of the firefighters who died on 9/11. Each painting is rendered in black, white and raw umber on a 6” x 4” burned block of baltic birch. Displayed in seven rows of 49 columns, the portraits span 48” by 21 feet.
From January 12 through November 6, 2016, Better Angels was on extended display for 10 months at the Wood Museum of Springfield History in Springfield, MA. (springfieldmuseums.org). For the 20th anniversary, it featured for three months at the Corazon de Trinidad Cultural Center in Trinidad, CO.
In addition, the artist maintains a Facebook page, posting one firefighter portrait each day, in order by Company, along with a short anecdotal bio.
facebook.com/betterangels911
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- The artist with NYC Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano and Ron Siarnicki, Director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, NYC 2012
