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#193, Memorial Day 2022

June 2, 2022 By Sutton Betti

A day to Remember and Honor

Memorial Day; a day to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. We should always remember this day as that and not how I remember it growing up as a kid with a day off from school or work, backyard bbq’s, poolside activities and music. It’s a day to honor the lives lost fighting for our freedoms. Not a happy day by any means.

Over the past ten years I’ve been honored to have many of my sculptures take center stage during the Memorial Day weekend, as well as other major holidays that honor our service members. While it gives me joy (for lack of a better word) that my sculptures can help people heal from their loss, on the flip side of the coin it helps me see that there are so many families that have lost loves ones during battle.

Making military themed sculptures creates a yin and yang of emotions in me, it has to. As an artist, you have to create something powerful and real so the viewer can connect with the artwork. This requires a lot of hard work as well as passion for what one does. Good anatomy, movement and strong composition are some of the elements that make for great art. But as an artist you also need to connect with your subject and what it feels like, for example, if you are in battle or lost a friend during battle. Without connecting deeply to what the subject is doing the artwork fails. I am fortunate to know quite a few Veterans who, like my late father, have shared with me their feelings of loss and war that they hold deep inside their heart. The yin is in the strength and power of the sculpture. The yang is the emotions it evokes in the viewer.

Memorial Day; a day to remember and never forget.

I take pride when I can create a sculpture that evokes an emotional response in people. It means I’ve done my job well. Below are photos of various monuments during Memorial Day 2022.

bronze military statue in Rome, NY
A US Army and US Marine Honor Guard pose with the Remembering Heroes bronze sculpture
Remembering Heroes bronze statue
Remembering Heroes taking part in Memorial Day services in Rome, NY where dozens gathered to remember those lost in war
bronze military sculpture, Memorial Day
Honor Guards lay Memorial Day wreaths next to the bronze kneeling soldier in Rome, NY
Remembering Heroes Vietnam bronze sculpture
Digital illustration by Joe Perrone of Sutton’s Remembering Heroes sculpture in Rome, NY
Memorial Day celebration in Papillion, Nebraska
Dozens gather at a new POW/MIA/KIA Memorial in Papillion, Nebraska with three of Sutton’s sculptures
MIA/KIA/POW memorial
Memorial Day service in Papillion
Battlefield Cross statue, Battlefield marker sculpture
Memorial Day service in Papillion, Nebraska with Sutton’s Battlefield Cross (era War on Terror)
Gold Star Wife sculpture
Brad Smith created a digital illustration of Sutton’s Gold Star Wife in Edmond, OK during Memorial Day
Memorial Day US Marine Honor Guard sculpture
A US Marine Honor Guard salutes during Memorial Day in Altoona, WI
Memorial Day Altoona Wisconsin
Laying a Memorial Day wreath on Sutton’s US Army Honor Guard sculpture
Memorial Day sculptures
Memorial Day service at the Chippewa Valley Veterans Tribute in Altoona, WI

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