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"!
Great close up of the Commemorative Air Force Wasp Squadron T-6 by Centerline Images with the new "Nella" lettering that I designed for them. They were all really happy with the final product!
Here’s a blast from the past that I just found in a box… This is one of the nose art concepts that presented to CAF HQ back in early 2007 for the B-24 as a train based on the idea of a flying boxcar. This evolved into what would be chosen to paint on the … Continue reading Original Ol 927 Sketch
For Rosie the Riveter Day, here's my favorite Rosie, the nose art that I designed and painted for the @yankee_air_museum B-25. Do you know the name of the original "Rosie" that was my inspiration for this project? It's probably not who you think...
Here is an interview that I did with Warbird Digest / Warbird News (at the time) upon the completion of painting the nose art on the Commemorative Air Force C-47 "That's All Brother" in 2018. Click here to read the interview... Here I am pretending to look as cool as Gary Velasco
Finishing up recreating this VMF-312 insignia from 1943 artwork for the Commemorative Air Force
2023 is looking to be pretty busy as far as nose art projects go, and I'm really excited for each of the aircraft and owners involved! Here I am with friend for life, Jason of Vintage Wings upon completing Beach City Baby in 2021. Seems like yesterday!
Thanks to Air Classics for including me in the January Buyers Guide! I read these cover to cover so it’s pretty cool to be featured again in this magazine. rson
"Evelyn" nose art that I created for the @avianaaircraft 1946 Luscombe 8e commemorating the life of WAFS and WASP pilot Evelyn Sharp, who was killed in a P-38 crash in 1943 at 24 years old, and at the time was a few flights away from achieving the highest pilot rating possible for women at the time. ASP
