By Frank Johnson

"I'm not big on monuments to war. I get that they are for the memory of the fallen soldiers but they reinforce a romance of war, of glory and tragedy. I wanted garish and broken. The sky isn't blood red but it is not a sunset either. I broke up the middle sections, making them disjointed and added to this with the free black lines. War is hell, that's what somebody said. Maybe John Wayne."

Circle by Eileen

"As the original image was like a circle that's what first came to mind. Plus, the monument itself is in a circle. And what goes around comes around. The rectangles are to emphasize the blocky nature of the thing. I wanted more colour so I blued up the shadows and warmed up the brick. I guess they aren't allowed too much religious symbolism in these things and don't want to go offending the wrong God but still, I put a cross in there. I'm not a Christian but I value the image of sacrifice and suffering."

War Stars by J Chambers

"Maybe it isn't that evident but I was thinking of a Storm Trooper from Star Wars when I changed the monument to have eyes and a mouth. And then I figured that the people it commemorates are like stars of the war. I like those Dali paintings where one thing becomes part of a larger thing when you look at it differently and this was an opportunity to show that surreal nature of a monument = a building that isn't a building. I mean, this is a building they made with a HOLE IN THE ROOF. And it's for the living and the dead but mostly the dead, right? So I left the word 'glory' showing through the swirls as if the rock turns to fog. I don't think a picture should be too busy. Keep it simple. So that was another thing. The monument, the people and a single word: Glory."

BMemorial Mosaic Final Stage by Eddy Scott link