Artist Elaine Goble stands in front of her portrait of Philip Favel (1922–2021) of Sweetgrass First Nation, a veteran of the Battle of Normandy. (Jean Delisle/CBC)
While attending the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa in 1995, local artist Elaine Goble was moved to sketch the faces of some of the veterans gathered around the National War Memorial.
That November day sparked more than a decade of art-making dedicated to portraying people whose lives were forever changed by their experiences during the Second World War.
Now, 14 of her portraits are on display at the Canadian War Museum in an exhibition called Homage — The Art of Elaine Goble.
