My friend Scott asked me to design some nose art to honor his great uncle who was killed on his 2nd mission with the 492nd Bomb Group in a B-24. The Liberator had the name but no artwork. To go with the name meaning "Without Worry" or Free of Care, I felt the perfect choice … Continue reading San Souci Nose Art
If you missed it the first time, here is the article that Warbrid Digest published about my work on the Commemorative Air Force's combat veteran C-47 "That's All Brother" on my process, influences and drive for historical accuracy. Click here to read the article.
WIP... who doesn’t love a redhead? Client project for a nose art cowling in progress on the iPad with Adobe Fresco. I love my iPad and Fresco! Many friends told me I should get Procreate and an iPad for a couple years. But when I learned of Fresco, as a diehard 25 year Adobe user, … Continue reading Redhead in Progress
Today I am remembering National Vietnam Veteran's Day with a cowling that I painted for my Dad and his unit, the 366th TFW "The Gunfighters" in Da Nang, and after I finished the "Rosie's Reply" project at the Yankee Air Museum last week, ventured over to the museum itself to check out their 366th TRW … Continue reading National Vietnam Veterans Day
Here is a Daily Telegraph article on my recent B-25 nose art project for the Yankee Air Museum. Click here to read the article.
Here is a Warbird Digest article on the nose art that I recently completed for the Yankee Air Museum on their combat veteran B-25. They asked for a Rosie the Riveter theme to honor the home front in WWII since their B-25 while serving briefly in the 340th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Squadron, it did … Continue reading Warbird Digest covers Yankee Air Museum B-25D “Rosie’s Reply”
That's All, Brother is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft that led the formation of 800 others from which approximately 13,000 U.S. paratroopers jumped on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the liberation of France in the last two years of World War II. The Commemorative Air Force asked me to help in the restoration … Continue reading Painting ‘That’s All, Brother’ Nose Art
