p51, Mustangs

This is an acrylic painting of a flight p51, Mustangs. The painting has been sold but there are some giclee prints still available.

The Mustang was arguably the best fighter of world two. This image is grainy because I imported a very low relolution photo into this posting. My other images are too large to import.

This painting was sold at a venue in which I never knew who bought it, but I heard that it was a corporate sale.

High Flight

I created this painting as a tribute to the poem "High Flight" by John Magee. I found this inspirational during my career as an Air Force Pilot.

To paraphrase the sentiment: I soared the lofty heights and reached up and touched the face of God.

This painting has been sold.

The painting was a pastel and the aircraft was a ryan trainer. A couple of weeks ago I met an elderly gentleman (even older than me) and he purchase a print of this painting. In his youth he had had pilot training classes in this aircraft. It was a beautiful aircraft. I wish I could have flow some of the older aircraft such as the Ryan, and any of the biwings. The age in which I learned to fly was almost excussively jet. I only have thirty hours of piston time all the rest was jet.

My Aviation Art

I consider this painting "Into the Sunset" to be the signature piece in my aviation art endeavors.

It is actually somewhat biographical. I spent much a great deal of time in Japan and love Japanese Gardens and the Haiku.

The Haiku is a brief expression of a moment keenly perceived. The Americanized version is three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.

My Haiku for this painting is:

"The sunset Bekons

I fly the valley of clouds

Tracking the beacon home."

I'm 70 years old, tracking the beacon home.

This painting has been sold and it is so personal to me I now wish I hadn't sold it.

I'm an old guy trying my first attempt at blogging so forgive any lack of skill or sophistication in this attempt.

I'm more interested in portraying my feeling of the romance of flying than the seriously accurate depiction of a specific aircraft that would be acceptable to the Association of Aviation Artists. I have nothing against the rivet counters (used in jest) and admire their art immensely, it's just not what I wish to paint.