Art Works > 100th Anniversary of WW1. 1914-18. Mixed media works by Gerry Gleason.

100th Anniversay WW1 1914-18.
Lost-Missing.
(Western Front).
by
Gerry Gleason.
2018.
mixed media on paper.
56 x 75.5cm.

In this image I wanted to show those who were never found. Perhaps sadly vaporised by the massive explosions from mines and shells or lying in unmarked graves. Their memories wandering those vast battlefields to this day to remind us of the futility of war.

Battle of Verdun. 21st Feb - 18th Dec 1916. (976,000 estimated casualties).