A Portrait of a Soldier—Inside Those Lines Was the Story of War
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.
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DonateFine 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.
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.
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.
Are we granted quick glances through windows to our pasts? Do we dare allow these things to reach us in this life?
“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.