Firefighters will paint alongside young artists on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at a painting session at Steele’s Brushes and Ceramics ...

The 10 panels given to No. 2 firefighters Thursday took a dozen students about two weeks to complete, art teacher Prissy Pakulski said. “There was a lot of planning,” she said.

He doesn’t think his background as a firefighter makes him much different from other artists who had earlier careers. But unlike many of them, Alexander, who is 60, didn’t study art in college.

January 31, 2009 Commissioner John Brooks helped unveil the painting Saturday at the fire academy. The work of art was painted by retired firefighter and artist Lee Kowalski, who ...