Lovegrove looking for home for 9/11 Memorial Canvas
Today, in the footprint of the World Trade Center, there is a memorial to the nearly 3,000 people who died during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The memorial includes twin reflecting pools and the largest manmade waterfalls in North America.
In every city and town in America memorials both large and small were held last Thursday for those lost in one of our country’s most tragic events – even on little Matlacha Island. At Leoma Lovegrove’s Gallery on Matlacha, there is a 20-foot Memorial Canvas on display with almost 3,000 names of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
“We started doing something for 9/11 the following year and did something every year,” Lovegrove said. “The idea for this canvas was started about eight years after 9/11, probably two years prior to the 10th anniversary. We wanted it completed in time for the 10th anniversary.”
There are nearly 3,000 names on the canvas, one for every life lost. Each of six colors represents one aspect of the tragedy: the towers, Pentagon, and Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. There are also separate colors for those killed on each of the four planes.
“Everyone was so moved by this tragedy,” Lovegrove said.
“We spent a year working on this and the canvas has traveled all over Southwest Florida. Now we’re looking for a permanent home.”
Lovegrove looking for home for 9/11 Memorial Canvas
Today, in the footprint of the World Trade Center, there is a memorial to the nearly 3,000 people who died during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The memorial includes twin reflecting pools and the largest manmade waterfalls in North America.
In every city and town in America memorials both large and small were held last Thursday for those lost in one of our country’s most tragic events – even on little Matlacha Island. At Leoma Lovegrove’s Gallery on Matlacha, there is a 20-foot memorial canvas on display with almost 3,000 names of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
“We started doing something for 9/11 the following year and did something every year,” Lovegrove said. “The idea for this canvas was started about eight years after 9/11, probably two years prior to the 10th anniversary. We wanted it completed in time for the 10th anniversary.”
There are nearly 3,000 names on the canvas, one for every life lost. Each of six colors represents one aspect of the tragedy: the towers, Pentagon, and Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. There are also separate colors for those killed on each of the four planes.
“Everyone was so moved by this tragedy,” Lovegrove said.
“We spent a year working on this and the canvas has traveled all over Southwest Florida. Now we’re looking for a permanent home.”