It was a story of the troops who make it home, of those who make the ultimate sacrifice, and the families who receive a life-altering knock on the door.
Steve Alpert
Fine art painter Steve Alpert is a native New Yorker and is married to Dorothy Devlin. He is an adjunct professor at Fordham University leading an art-making workshop for veterans, as well as a published author, and an inveterate dog lover. Alpert maintains studios in New York City and Quogue, New York.
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“Proudly She Served”–Their Tragedies and Triumphs Taught Me What True Courage Is
Hearing their stories and then telling their stories in paint made me stand a little taller and gave me confidence to take on more challenging projects.
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Life Marches On and Only a Few Hold Onto the Echoes of History
Are we granted quick glances through windows to our pasts? Do we dare allow these things to reach us in this life?
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A Calling Through Art, Decades After Choosing Not to Serve
“My name should be on that wall.” A civilian reflects on choosing not to join the military during the Vietnam War and his journey to create art about war.
