Salute to Sirius

Sirius, yellow lab bomb sniffing police dog

Sirius - Oil on Canvas, 24"x30"
Copyright 2002

I was honored to have been asked to paint the portrait of Sirius, the yellow Labrador Retriever Bomb Detection Dog who perished in the World Trade Center on 09/11/01 after the terrorist attacks. I actually painted and donated two portraits. The original watercolor, "Salute to Sirius" was donated on April 24th , 2002 to his handler, David Lim, and the framed oil painting on canvas was given to the NYNJ PAPD in the memorial ceremony at Liberty Park, NJ. To read more about Sirius and the memorial ceremonies and see photos of the same, please click on the following link:

http://www.portauthoritypolicememorial.org/sirius.htm

http://our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/sirius.html

"Salute to Sirius" in both watercolor and oil portrait versions are protected by Registered US Government Copyright to Debra S. Stonebraker. Any use without my written permission is prohibited by law.

If you are interested in owning a print of this image , you can click on this link to purchase : prints of the Salute to Sirius painting . The paper size is 19x23 1/2" and the image measures 16x20". This is a limited edition of 500 signed and numbered prints. The cost, including priority mail shipping, is $83.00

100% of the profit from the sale of the prints will be divided evenly among the following 3 charities:

* Port Authority Police K9 Unit of New York New Jersey
* The NASAR Search and Rescue Dog Training Fund
* Southwest Pennsylvania Retriever Rescue Organization (SPARRO)

The prints are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. They are consecutively numbered and sold in order of sale. Only about 290 prints remain as of June 1, 2008 . You may either purchase online using PayPal, or send a check or money order to:

Debbie Stonebraker-Salute to Sirius
77 Burr Oak Road
Foley, Missouri 63347

In an effort to share this image with the public, and to honor Sirius as the unknown hero he was, I am now offering small, affordable gift items with my proceeds also going to the above charities at http://www.cafepress.com/sirius911 . It still amazes me that so few people are aware of the story of Sirius….I hope that we can change that by sharing these links with friends and by wearing and displaying the Salute to Sirius image.

Also new as of June 2008...this image is available in a counted-cross stitch pattern for FREE at MistyDreamz.

Thank you to the Port Authority for their blessings on this project, and to all of you who have shown interest in honoring Sirius.

God Bless.
Debbie Stonebraker

"The Promise"

He sits beside the Heaven's Gate
And heeds commands to "sit and wait".
A promise, "I'll be back", was set
And in due time it shall be met.
And in due time..... it shall be met.

For Sirius and Dave and a promise across eternity.
Walt Zientek, March 20, 2002

Photos from the memorial service for Sirius.

K-9's and Officers from all over the United States wait in line to file past the

urn contain Sirius' ashes and the portrait of him.

Officer David Lim, Sirius' handler and Best Friend, artist Debbie Stonebraker

and her son Cody, a volunteer firefighter from Foley, Missouri.

Thanks to my friends Carol Stevens "a digital moment", Robin Anderson, and Christing Eck
for photographing the memorial event for me.

Another friend of Sirius and all K-9's has written two books about hard working police
dogs and their human companions. Please click on the photo of author "Lulu" for
more information.