Artists Registry

"Lest We Forget"

Watercolor Painting by Gail B. Lancaster

This is a working proposal for an intended World Fountain & 9-11 Memorial to be completed in 2012.
It will be a public plaza on the front lawn of Fire Station #32 on US Highway 1, in Hobe Sound, Florida.
Design elements include:

I would like to present this sculpture to the worlds people. Hope, The Joy of Selflessness is my visionary expression of the combined spiritual energy of all those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

In 2001, I was a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional High School in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Since many students at my school had parents or siblings who worked in the city, the September 11th attacks hit close to home.

I made this collage from photos I shot waiting in line at the Viewing Station at Ground Zero in January 2002. Even after four months post 9/11/2001, the site was heart wrenching. This was a tribute to the Firefighters who lost their lives.

Bystander 9/11 really started with a mass email I sent out once I had gotten to safety. The World Trade Center was my subway stop, I had spent the previous day working at One Liberty, literally in the shadow of the towers.

Theodore Largman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and lived for many years within a short walk of Independence Hall. The legendary building was an inspiration for him and enhanced his patriotic feelings and love of history.

My painting "Freedom", the spirit of America has many symbolic meanings.
The thirteen Van Gogh style stars symbolizes the thirteen original colonies United to form the United States.

13: IL GIORNO DOPO

Cuori spezzati
per una sorella persa
vola sibilando un grido
verso il cristallo
occhi smarriti
guardano l’acciaio.

In "Dust (N.Y.C.)" (2008), Andreas Lau appropriated a newspaper image of three men fleeing from the dust cloud on September 11 in New York.

Wallhanging made of different textile using Free-Style quilting.
measuring 23"X33". Polyester batting used and wallhanging is close with 100% cotton Aida Cloth to give weight to wallhanging.

GROUND ZERO DRAWINGS (General description by Roy Lawaetz, Artist)

The events of 9/11 struck me deeply. On that day of Colorado blue sky, the stillness in the air seemed incongruent to the event occurring in New York.

There are two sides to every story.

I am a poet and a visual artist. I often use poetry to arrive at the "emotional truth" of an event or experience or place that resonates for me.

The artwork " ELEVEN BEATUS' has been by Jean Luc Leguay, French artist.
This Illumination is dedicated to the victims of September 11,2001, to their relatives, to the American people longing for justice and freedom in the world.