New York Skyline
$350.00
This image captures the ‘New York Skyline’ with the new ‘Freedom Tower’ which replaced the Twin Towers. I had been out of the Army for a couple of years as I watched the Twin Towers crumble before my eyes. I knew that my life would be changed forever as this act of terror unfolded, within six weeks I was back in the Army once again. Two years later I was off to war in Iraq.
The rise of the ‘Freedom Tower’ is a symbol to me as a new beginning that stands proud above the other buildings that New York has to offer. I love New York.
Artwork Info
| Artist Name | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Photography |
| Size | 43cm x 73cm |
| Artwork Date | 2017 |
Artist Bio
Gordon is a veteran soldier who lives in Geelong. He started his artistic journey when he bought his first point & shoot camera on his way to Baghdad, Iraq in 2004. This began his love of photography. He wanted to show his children and family what it was like to live in a war zone. In 2006 after Iraq Gordon was medically discharged from the Army with PTSD.
10 years later Gordon picked up his first SLR camera. Since then Gordon has been involved in four books as a photographer and author.
‘The Victoria Cross Australia Remembers’
‘UNCONQUERED: our wounded warriors’ (Invictus Games)
‘The Art of Sacrifice’ and
‘Soldiers Tales’.
Gordon was a short listed finalist in the Napier Waller Art Prize in 2018 and finalist in 2019 & 2022.
Gordon began painting in 2020, he has a home studio and paints almost everyday, experimenting and using different mediums.
Gordon is an Arts Mentor for the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM).