As we crossed the Verrazano Bridge heading west on 9/13, experiencing the smoke filled city skyline and harbor scene of lower Manhatten, feeling the overwhelming loss at devastation that had just occurred battering our senses, we saw Liberty Island with Lady Liberty visible through the smokey haze. This vision of her still standing, her torch raised, gave us a beacon of hope to continue on. I painted Lady Liberty to embody that hope and share with all who view her. A small effort, to be sure, to guide us through our sorrows