C 47

November 1957 - A C47 transport plane went down on the southeastern tip of Glacier Bay National Park (then a National Monument) during a snowstorm.  Four Alaska Air National Guardsmen were killed.  Three others walked away.  50 years later I walk down an obscure trail through the rainforest and see the wreckage, reclaimed by the understory and orchids.  The brilliant colors, the graffiti, the story preserved. I found it fascinating.

Size: 12"x12" with frame
Media: digital photo, acrylic and found object

Available at Virtu Gallery, Anchorage www.virtugallery.biz