Sentries, American Embassy, Mogadishu, Somalia
About the artist: Donna J. Neary (Col, USMCR) (1941- present) Donna Neary is a self-taught artist. She was commissioned as a captain in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1978 and covered training exercises in Norway and Korea. In 1993, she documented Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. On 11 September 2001, Neary was at Bethesda Naval Hospital and sketched the activities as staff prepared to receive casualties from the terrorist attack at the Pentagon.
colonel donna j. neary usmcr (1941 –)
Self-taught artist & Marine Corps Combat Artist, Donna J. Neary paints marine history & uniforms. Explore her art gallery in Fredericksburg, VA!
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About this artwork
- Title: Sentries, American Embassy, Mogadishu, Somalia
- Artist: colonel donna j. neary usmcr
- Year: 1993
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: National Museum of the Marine Corps
- Movement: Contemporary Realism
- Creative period: Late Period
- Keywords: operation restore hope , texture shading art , sandbag barrier art
- Color hue: Green to Violet Spectrum


