Here's what I have been up to the past several days while at the Soaring by the Sea Foundation painting the new nose art that I designed for their combat veteran P-40 in original RAAF markings. It was a blast and I can't wait to go back to Oregon for future projects! 😎 Thanks to … Continue reading Currawong P-40 Article
If you're going to Oshkosh, be sure to visit the Warbirds In Review Quonset hut Monday at 10am where I'll be painting the nose art of Steve Seal's L-5 "Miss Beverly II" and discussing nose art in general, and also tentatively Thursday at 1pm with the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum presentation with the P-47 "Chief … Continue reading Airventure 2024
Great photo by Jon Wright The Wright Photography of Things of my nose art on Beach City Baby out in the sun at WWII Weekend.
Congrats to Evan Fagen for becoming the newest P-47 pilot in Chief Ski-U-Mah II, as he shows off my nose art that I painted back in November on a beautiful sunny MN day! I can't wait to see the P-47 beating up the airfield in the near future. 😍
The Military Aviation Museum announced today via Vintage Aviation News that the name for their WWII Navy Bombardier Trainer, the Beechcraft SNB-1 will be "Olive Ann" to honor Olive Ann Beech who led the company through some of the country’s hardest times, receiving awards and recognition for production excellence, including the very rare 5x Army … Continue reading Olive Ann Nose Art
Big surprise listening to the new Warbird Radio podcast that dropped today and get a shout out during Chris Henry's interview with Matt Jolley! Thanks guys! 😎 Listen HERE... https://shop.eaa.org/products/the-final-mission-by-chris-henry-with-hal-bryan?_pos=2&_sid=1e8a7b570&_ss=r
Finished up painting this Placid Lassie A-2 Jacket yesterday and getting it ready for the trip back to its owner.
The cat is out of the bag... I'll be at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in MN next week painting the nose art on their new P-47! And on Wednesday Nov 29 at 1pm, you can stop in for their History Hour program to watch me paint as well as a Q&A.
Excited to share that the Bomber Jacket exhibit that I designed for the Military Aviation Museum featuring the fantastic photos by John Slemp's book "Bomber Boys: WWII Flight Jacket Art", will open on November 18, and I will be there doing a live jacket painting demonstration on a commemorative 100th Bomb Group jacket!
Here's a great video produced by Landlocked Aviation documenting my time last week painting the nose art on the Liberty Foundation B-25 "Executive Sweet"!
