On June 6th, 1944 a combined force of American, British and Canadian armed forces 156,000 strong landed on the beaches of Normandy in France. The operation codenamed Operation Overlord is now known as D-Day. Five beaches, code named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword were a 50 mile stretch were heavily fortified by German forces. Though the losses were great, the operation established an infantry beach head that eventually turned the tide of the war.
The small physical scale of these drawings is meant to bring attention to the grand scale of these events, both physically and in their lasting impressions on our national psychology. There are a few defining moments in each generation’s collective memory that we all remember, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, 9/11. These drawings explore that national collective experience in small meditative vignettes.
- Created: March 07, 2020