FS 93

     

FS 93

FS 136

FS 136

FS 136

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Fire Stations 93 and 136 both serve growing residential areas in the City of Palmdale. Each new station is an 11,000 square foot facility that houses equipment bays and provides dormitory space for a Battalion Chief and Fire Department personnel.

In the summer of 2008 artist Jason Greene was chosen to create artworks for Fire Stations 93 and 136 and was also given the opportunity to be an artist-in-residence for the County Fire Department. After spending many days and nights in Palmdale fire stations and accompanying firefighters on ride-a-longs, Greene created nine oil on wood paintings based on sketches from his residency. Four of his artworks have been installed in Fire Station 93 and five in Fire Station 136. The works capture both the extraordinary acts the firefighters accomplish every day as well as the more mundane details of their jobs. Greene intends this juxtaposition to intimately document and commemorate the firefighters' unusual everyday lives.

About the Artist: Jason Greene resides and exhibits his artwork in Portland, Oregon. In 2004 he was chosen as an artist-in-residence for the Portland Fire Bureau and produced approximately two hundred paintings for six fire stations. Greene writes that, "being around the fire fighters was extremely humbling and it caused me to re-evaluate what it means to serve a community. I found myself wanting to create something not only the public would enjoy, but something the firefighters themselves could also appreciate." Greene believes that his art is, "...the product of an innate desire to observe and record visually." He has a BFA from Mississippi State University with an emphasis in drawing and painting.

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