Artist Statement:
I was born on August 13, 1968. Just eleven days after my birth, on August 24, 1968, my father was killed when his Navy F-4 Phantom jet crashed into the sea as a result of a blown tire/catapult accident off the USS Constellation aircraft carrier. Prior to impact, he was able to pull the ejection lever which ejected the rear pilot to safety. After an exhaustive search, both the plane and my father's body were never recovered.
I never got to meet my father, Bill Heep, so creating this altar was a way for me to connect with him. Fortunately, Bill's mom, my grandmother, saved nearly all of Bill's memorabilia. In preparing this altar, I discovered a reel-to-reel audio tape Bill created in June of 1968. He made the recording in his room aboard the USS Constellation off the coast of Vietnam. I am grateful that the content from the tape was easily transferred to CD at a local lab. This recording gave me the opportunity to hear my father's voice for the first time. Reusing the old door allows a series of windows into different eras of Bill's life. Since his body was never recovered from the accident, the altar serves as a physical reminder of his life.
My name was originally David William Heep. After my father's death, my mother married Tom Lecours. When I was 3 1/2, Tom Lecours adopted me and I became David William Lecours.
Bio:
David Lecours is Creative Director at LecoursDesign, a marketing and brand agency helping professional service firms to attract great clients and talent. David uses LecoursDesign as a laboratory to monitor creative process and the art of presenting ideas. He then generously shares this knowledge through coaching <http://www.davidlecours.com/coaching/> , speaking <http://www.davidlecours.com/speaking/> and training seminars <http://www.davidlecours.com/training/> . David is married and also loves surfing, gardening and practicing yoga in his hometown of Encinitas, California.
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