Recently we went to hear Maureen Eykelenboon talk in Spruce Grove where she spoke to the audience about her son Andrew for whom she created Boomer’s Legacy. Maureen talked about his experiences in Afghanistan and his conviction that what he was doing there was important work, something we hear from every single family that we [...]
Category Archives: Susan Abma
Interview on the Primeau Show
April 14, 2010 – 7:25 pm
Leslie Primeau, Shairl Honey, Susan Abma & Cindy Revell
Wow! We have been really busy with Project Heroes™ and we have so many to thank for recent exciting things that have been happening.
We were on 630 CHED radio March 13 and Lesley Primeau asked us back on her show again April 6. This was a wonderful [...]
Radio Interview on 630 Ched
March 31, 2010 – 9:57 pm
Our interview with Leslie Primeau on 630 Ched was fantastic. Leslie is a lively and engaging host who asked perfect questions and helped get across what this project is really about. Many thanks to our callers for phoning in to support us and sponsor us. Your help is greatly appreciated. We’ve been invited to talk [...]
We All Remember
November 11, 2009 – 8:28 am
November 11.
We all remember. It was the day we all actually stayed silent for a moment in school, remembering the soldiers who fought for our country.
At the time, those soldiers were often not known to us and their faces not familiar. But we knew from our teachers and parents the incredible significance of honoring their [...]
Goodbye Pat and Edmonton soldiers
November 1, 2009 – 7:40 pm
Saying goodbye to my cousin’s fiancé Patrick at the Edmonton garrison was difficult to say the least.
The hall was filled with soldiers ready to leave, their parents, siblings, spouses and children.
As the soldiers waited to go into the line-up to have their bodies and their gear searched, they clung to their wives and children. Most [...]
Deployment
October 7, 2009 – 11:59 pm
Tomorrow I will be heading to the Edmonton Garrison to say goodbye to a group of soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan.
This time it hits home more than ever with me. One of the soldiers has a child with, and is engaged to my cousin.
This project has always been very personal to me, but sending Pat [...]
Support Our Troops Gala
September 29, 2009 – 1:09 am
Wow! We had an unbelievable evening Saturday!
We had the exceptional good fortune to attend the CFPSA Support Our Troops Gala at Edmonton Northlands.
Approximately 700 people gathered at the new, massive, Exhibition Hall E to raise funds in support of the troops and their families. (See www.cfpsa.com for more information)
We are not getting paid for doing [...]
Cpl. David Braun
September 21, 2009 – 3:18 pm
As we work on Project Heroes™, it is important to us to convey an indication of the soldiers’ characters – something that is hard to achieve from their official military photos that are quite serious and straight-faced.Cpl. David Braun was a sincere pleasure to paint. My studio was so cheerful looking at this handsome, smiling [...]
Painting with friends
August 9, 2009 – 6:41 pm
For several summers now, Shairl (centre) and I (right) have spent three weeks in Newfoundland painting scenes there en plein air (outdoor painting).
Although we have a fairly grueling schedule while there, painting from sunup to sundown most days, it is well worth it because it helps keep our painting skills finely tuned, and it is [...]
Still Life -Commemorative Painting
July 16, 2009 – 5:35 pm
Work on our soldier portraits carries on and in the meantime we’ve taken photographs of of some of the gear that the soldiers carry. The photos will be used for a number of commemorative paintings that we’ll be doing, a few of which will be still life. One of the first steps in preparing to [...]