Angel of Notre Dame — Original Acrylic on Canvas Board

Some moments are captured once and never again.

In the years before the devastating 2019 fire that 
changed Notre Dame Cathedral forever, on September 18, 2013 Debbie Gale 
stood at the entrance of one of the world's most 
sacred and breathtaking structures and raised her 
camera. What she captured was extraordinary — an 
angel perched atop the ancient woodworking of the 
entrance, and below it, the perfect shadow of that 
same angel cast across the cathedral's storied arches.

Two angels. One of stone. One of light and shadow.

Her husband Wes — a retired U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk 
combat pilot, Desert Storm veteran, and fine artist — 
took that photograph and transformed it into this 
original acrylic painting. Every brushstroke honors 
both the sacred architecture of Notre Dame and the 
quiet, miraculous moment his wife had the presence 
of mind to capture before history changed everything.

This piece exists because of a perfect moment in Paris, 
a photographer who recognized beauty when she saw it, 
and an artist who knew exactly what to do with it.

Notre Dame has been rebuilt. But this moment — this 
exact play of light and shadow, this angel and her 
reflection — belongs to a Paris that can never be 
fully restored. It lives here now, on canvas, forever.

There is only one of this. When it sells it is gone forever.

Details:
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions: 16" x 20"
- Original — one of a kind
- Signed and dated by the artist
- Certificate of Authenticity included
- Ships carefully packaged with tracking and insurance

"The Art of Rediscovering Life"
— Wes Gale, Panther Fine Art, LLC