Lest we forget

2020 look back #5

December 30, 2020Art, drawing, Uncategorized2020 review, Art, Covid-19, digital art, in memoriam, Lest we forget, pen and ink drawing, Remembrance, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 8 comments

2020 look back #5

In Memoriam – Let these few images of remembrances from this past year represent all those who are sadly no longer with us. Today, the heartbreaking number of total coronavirus deaths posted worldwide stands at 1,807,472, a number that is hard to comprehend. The journey we are all on together still has a long way to go, as we say thank you to the heroes amongst us once again.

lest we forget 🇨🇦

November 11, 2020Art, photography, UncategorizedArt, Canada Remembers, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Canadian National War Memorial, Lest we forget, photography, Remembrance Day, Royal Canadian LegionAndrew Seal Leave a comment

“In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives So That We May Live In Peace”
Remembrance Day – November 11th 2020

VJ Day

August 15, 2020Art, Uncategorizedabstract landscape, acrylic painting, Art, landscape painting, Lest we forget, Remembrance, VJ DayAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

Pacific Spirit Park – 15.8.20 – acrylic on canvas

Painted today to honour the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day, which marks the end of the war in the Pacific and the Second World War. Lest we forget.

D-Day 76

June 6, 2020Art, UncategorizedArt, D-Day, Juno Beach, Lest we forget, watercolorAndrew Seal One comment

On the 76th Anniversary of D-Day we remember with gratitude the 150,000 Allied troops that stormed the beaches of Northern France and began the march towards victory and the overthrow of Hitler and the Nazi regime.

Seventy six years later a different generation is now marching throughput the world for victory over a different enemy, an enemy clothed in the uniform of racism, injustice and autocracy. Like the heroes of yesterday storming those beaches the heroes of today demonstrating in the streets will also be victorious.

Lest we forget 🇨🇦

VEDay75

May 8, 2020photography, UncategorizedCanada Remembers, Lest we forget, photography, Remembrance, tulips, VED75, Victory SquareAndrew Seal One comment

Victory Square in Vancouver today on the 75th Anniversary of VE Day marking the end of the war in Europe in which 1.1 million Canadians served and 45,000 payed the ultimate price. The square has been planted with tulips in the form of the emblematic remembrance poppy.

Lest we forget.

Canada Remembers

May 5, 2020photography, UncategorizedCanada, Canada Remembers, Lest we forget, Netherlands, photography, Remembrance, tulips, Veterans Affairs CanadaAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

On the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian Armed Forces what better way with which to honour them all than with these Dutch tulips in triumphant bloom on our deck in today’s glorious sunshine.

Lest we forget.

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season of grief

April 30, 2020Photo Essay, Uncategorized, video#Nova Scotia Strong, Canada Strong, Canadian Armed Forces, Lest we forget, video, watercolorAndrew Seal Leave a comment

In the words of the Canadian Prime Minister our “season of grief” continues, as today we mourn the loss of six members of the Canadian Armed Forces whose helicopter went down off the coast of Greece: Sub. Lt Abbigail Cowbrough; Capt. Brenden Ian MacDonald; Capt. Kevin Hagen; Capt. Maxime Miron-Morin; Sub-Lt. Matthew Pyke; Master Cpl. Matthew Cousins. We send heartfelt condolences to all the families of these Canadian Armed Forces heroes who are grieving today, as we grieve with them. 🇨🇦

Sub.Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough who was a young Nova Scotia naval officer played her bagpipes only two weeks ago on the deck of HMCS Fredericton to mourn the loss of her fellow Nova Scotians who were so cruelly murdered.