Marine Pencil Portrait Completed

Here's my latest portrait, a U.S. Marine in dress uniform. This was a private commission for a friend who kindly gave me permission to display the drawing of their uncle.

New art.........

Despite the lack of new art it doesn't mean I've been napping. In fact I've been pretty busy planning new drawings for this year and collecting the relevant information, not to mention still working on drawings from last year, Hillary's Spitfire being just one example.

For 2013, I'm hoping to get into the modern-era with a series of jet-age drawings; I think the most modern type I've created in the past was the V-22 Osprey, and that was a one off project. Well, I've just this afternoon begun work on a 'Eurofighter' drawing, and also have my references ready for another VM-22. A Robin Olds portrait to go with my 'Aces' series of drawings is also well under-way, and as always, will have the pilot's aircraft; for Old's piece it will be the F-4 Phantom.

While I'm here, I'll tell you about the P-40M I'm just about to continue working on. It's going to be from the 23rd Fighter Group based in China in 1943 and will look ferocious with the famed shark-mouth nose that has adorned everything from aircraft, motorbikes and hot rods in the days following WWII.

As usual, I'll remind you that all my art is available for purchase and can be shipped anywhere in the world. I also take commissions, of any subject and will work in both pencil and if you would like colour, acrylic paint.

Okay, back to work for me..........

Wishing everyone a wonderful, healthy and productive 2013!

Battle of Britain Hurricane Mk I sketch - drawing - aviation art

It's taken a while, but here's my completed Hurricane Mk I, of 242 Sqn., flown by Squadron Leader Douglas Bader in September of 1940.

Pencil on A3, high quality, acid free paper

Original drawing no longer available; private collection.

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Excuse the poor photo quality but it's a horrible dark day here today; the original is lovely sharp and detailed.

Major Gerhard Barkhorn Drawing, FW190 D-9 art - aviation art

Just completed this pencil portrait of Major Gerhard Barkhorn and his FW 190 D-9 - please click on photo for a large image.

The original is available for 165.00 GBP + P&P

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Detail of Major Gerhard Barkhorn - please click on photo for a larger image.

Detail of FW 190 D-9 - please click on photo for a larger image.

Prints!

Just picked up my Takeo Tanimizu A3 prints from the printers and they've come out beautifully. I'm offering these at a very reasonable price, so please email for details here: Email Me

P.S. - the original drawing is also available.

New pencil portrait - Takeo Tanimizu - aviation art

Fresh off the easel is my latest drawing of Takeo Tanimizu and his A6M5 Model 52c.

As usual, pencil on heavy-weight Bristol paper.

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The inspiration: I'm currently building an scale model 'Zero' based on this pilot's aircraft, so this was the initial spark that inspired me to draw Takeo Tanimizu. He was an ace who and survived the war, but the story that inspired me the most, was that of him dropping his own life preserver to downed American pilot - I loved the human aspect of this; I can even picture (no pun intended) it in my mind's eye. More soon..............

Prints

I've just returned from the printers having arranged a small run of prints of my Hiroyoshi Nishizawa/A6M3 drawing. If anyone is interested in buying a print, please drop me a PM here: Email Me

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WWII Gebirgsjäger drawing, military art

Just finished my WWII Gebirgsjäger portrait within the last hour. This scanned copy of my drawing doesn't look as good as the real deal, so bear this in mind. However, I'm pretty happy with the way he's turned out.

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Pencil on heavy-weight Bristol paper.

Work in the pipeline.......

It's been a while since my last update, so thought I'd give you a quick 'heads-up' about what's going down in my studio.

Firstly, just a quick note to say I've ditched my website and Facebook presence, so as not to distract from my current art and writing projects. I instead decided to keep this blog; I've had it for years now and have grown quite attached to the old place.

So, back down to the art. Today I began researching details for a new B-24J drawing. It will depict a NMF ship from the 458th Bomb Group and will be A3 in size.

Since I also have a penchant for WWII Japanese subjects, I'm also planning another IJN portrait for my 'Aces' series. A little self-indulgent perhaps, but I enjoy the subject and it's not as mainstream as yet another Spitfire or P-51 (not to say that I don't love those aircraft, too!).

03/06/12 - just a quick update: I've chosen my next Japanese Ace portrait to be Takeo Tanimizu and his A6M5c.

More soon..............

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa pencil portrait - Aviation Art - Japanese Ace

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, known as the 'Demon of Rabaul' and his Mitsubishi A6M3.

After working on a figure study of Hiroyoshi, I knew I had to attempt a portrait, and this drawing is the outcome.

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Hiroyoshi Nishizawa pencil portrait WIP

Still have some work to do on this drawing, mainly on his clothing. I also want to add an A6M3 below the portrait to provided a connection between the pilot and the tool of his trade.

As some of you know I've already worked on a figure drawing of this particular pilot, but as his face wasn't the main subject, I decided to begin another, this time using an excellent wartime photo of Nishizawa as my reference.

More soon............

Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen pencil portrait - 'Red Baron' Art

At last! I've just this evening finished my pencil portrait of WW1 German Ace (80 confirmed kills), Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen. I decided to incorporate his Fokker Dr-1 Triplane, 425/17 in my art.

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Petty Officer 1st Class, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa - figure study

Drawing on A3 acid-free paper.

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'Demon of Rabaul' - Petty Officer 1st Class, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa. My figure study shows Japanese Imperial Navy Ace with over 80 kills to his name. I studied a number of original WWII photos before beginning this drawing. One photo in particular showed Hiroyoshi in flight gear, but like many photos from Japan taken during this period, the quality was very poor. I therefore spent many hours researching flight gear, collecting photos of original examples and then 're-clothing' my ace pilot with early-war attire.

As I spent so much time with the research, I'd like to share some of the clothing details with you:

1) The leather flying helmet is a Model Type 30. In my drawing you may be able to make out a small peak. It is folded up in my depiction and there was a 'popper' that held it in place. In many period photos this is shown, 'un-popped', as it were.

2) The goggles are the 'Cat's Eye' type with aluminium frames that could be dark brown, light brown or even maroon. They were padded with dark brown velveteen sewn to the frames.

3) For an IJN pilot, as it was for aviators the world over, the white silk scarf (most probably from parachute material) was very much a status symbol.

4) The flying suit is a one-piece example, chocolate brown in colour (winter examples were fur-lined). There are pleated knee pockets that could be used for maps, charts, etc, and a gabardine belt with a black steel buckle.

5) The float vest was very interesting to draw. The cloth chambers were filled with 'Rapok'. It was a dark chocolate brown in colour (although some had a green tinge when wet). There was a small pocket on the right hand side of the second chamber (just above the vest's main securing (middle) straps. This could be used for pencils, a pocket-watch, etc.

6) The groin cloth is attached to the bottom of the front/rear of the float vest so it can't break free of the body in the water.

7) The early flight boots were brown (although I admit they look black in my drawing)with a rounded toe cap seam. The heels and soles were made from black rubber. Later in the war black boots were also worn, so it's possible my pilot might have worn them......

Not in the drawing are: a parachute harness; some pilots also carried a pistol which was meant to finish oneself off in an extreme case; ceremonial swords were perhaps carried in bigger aircraft. The cockpit of an A6M fighter was very cramped.

Close-up of figure study.

Happy New Year!

Hope you've all survived New Year's celebrations and are intact. I had a fantastic time of it but am now ready to get back into drawing mode.

I've decided to enter 2012 with a website. It's still very sparse but I'll build it up in the coming weeks. It's nothing flashy or in-your-face, but just a simple site that hopefully gets my work 'out there'.

My Website

Anyway, if you have a spare moment, check out the link above and please remember, it's a work in progress ;)

Merry Christmas and a Peaceful Holiday Season to Everyone

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa UPDATED 17/12/11

Here's a quick preview of my drawing.

I had a very poor quality reference photo so had to spend literally hours researching IJN gear. In fact I read a book about it and noted individual garments, also managing to find seperate detailed wartime photos of the life-vest, one-piece summer flight suit, boots, belt, early flying helmet, cat's eye goggles and the badge on Hiroyoshi's left upper sleeve. There's a still a lot to do........

A rather poor photo, but it's just a quick snap-shot to give you a glimpse of my progress. The size is A3.

I'm currently aiming to complete a figure drawing of IJN Ace, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa.

He is thought to of been Japan's top WWII ace, although his claims seem to vary some what. This might be due to Japan's Naval Air Service accounting for a unit's victories and not an individual's. It seems generally accepted that at least 80 enemy aircraft were downed Hiroyoshi (he himself claimed the number was 87). In combat he flew the Mitsubishi A5M (with fixed landing gear) and later the infamous A6M, more commonly known in the West as the 'Zero'.

What is certain is that he was an exceptional pilot. Sadly he was killed aged 24, not at the controls of a fighter, but as a passenger on a Nakajima Ki-49 shot down by F6F Hellcats.

Hiroyoshi fought in New Guinea and both the Solomon Islands and Philippine's campaign of 1944.

Hurricane Mk1 Work in Progress

Douglas Bader's Hurricane well under way now. There's been a big delay on this while I deal with other matters, but it will be done. In the mean time, if you're interested in buying the completed original, drop me an email: Email Me

And purely as a historical reference, here's the actual aircraft.

P-38J Lightning drawing, 370th FG, 9th Air Force - Aviation Art

Just completed this drawing about an hour ago. Took many evenings of working into the wee hours, which sadly the photo doesn't justify. However, I'm pleased with the way this turned out and hope the new owner will be, too!

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Private U.S. Collection

B-17G 'Little Patches', 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Here's my latest drawing. A B-17G called 'Little Patches' from the 91st Bomb Group (the same outfit that the 'Memphis Belle' flew with earlier in the war.

The real ship was olive-drab with the early style 'stinger' tail gun compartment. My references tell me the waist windows should have been open to the elements, however, in at least one reference she has the three-piece type window for her waist gunners, so I can only assume these were installed at a sub-depot later on.

She successfully flew many missions only to return Stateside to be scrapped along with many of her sisters.....

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The drawing is A3 and has the nose art pin-up girl, etc, albeit very small. However, I created it using an eye glass, and it's all there as it should be.

Above: here's a wartime photo of the real, 'Litte Patches'.

As an interesting side note, my research showed that the author, Bert Stiles, flew at least one mission aboard 'Little Patches'

Private UK Collection.

Framed P-47 Thunderbolts - Aviation Art - P-47 drawing

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Above is a photo taken by the new owner of my Thunderbolt drawings, one from the 5th Air Force, the other from the 9th. They've been treated to museum quality frames, mounting, and non-reflective glass.

Harrier GR9 drawing completed! Aviation Art

Graphite on heavy weight Bristol paper.

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At last I've finished this drawing! I'm actually really pleased the way it came out, despite a rather dubious beginning. It depicts an RAF Harrier GR9 sitting on hardstanding in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captain Leroy Grossheusch's P-47D, 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, 5th USAAF

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Here is my latest drawing depiciting the P-47D of Captain Leroy Grossheusch, commanding officer of the 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force. I'd like to point out that this photo doesn't do the original justice at all! I'll blame my poor photography. The actual drawing is wonderfully crisp in its clarity, not to mention, highly detailed.

A friend in the United States who loves P-47s asked me to create a drawing - and what made it extra cool - was the fact I was free to choose any unit I wished.

Not often seeing the 5th Air Force represented with the 'Jug', I opted for a rather fetching unpainted,(so it was bare aluminium)P-47D Razorback. The cowl wore a pale blue band, and just below the cockpit were two diagonal fuselage stripes. There were 3 black bands (similar to European 'Invasion Stripes') to the top and lower surfaces of the wings aswell as two black fuselage bands (Nick, a good friend of mine and aficionado of U.S. insignia, informed me that these were added to aircraft after the invasion of the Philippines). The rudder wore red, white and blue stripes, as per pre-war U.S. aircraft.


Captain Leroy Grossheusch and crew chief (Photo for discussion purposes only; source:internet site).

This particular aircraft was in use at Luzon around February of 1945. I had no clear photo of the airstrip here, but on viewing other airfields in the South West Pacific Theatre, many were lined with thick undergrowth and palm trees. I wanted to make it clear this P-47 was not in Europe, so decided to use palm trees as my back drop; if in fact there weren't any lining the Luzon strip, perhaps Grossheusch had landed at another nearby........

My research threw up conflicting information regarding Grossheusch's kills. I've seen some sources say 8, while others mention 7. He flew several Thunderbolts, but I believe my drawing depicts the one in which he scored 6 of his kills. Later this fighter group converted to the North American P-51 Mustang and I believe Grossheusch scored a kill in a '51 (2 days before the Pacific War ended) when he downed a Nakajima K-84 Hayate (allied codename: 'Frank').

'Amelia' pencil portrait

Graphite on heavy weight Bristol paper. Original available for purchase: 95.00 GBP + P&P.

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After listening to a radio show about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, I found myself inspired to find out more. While researching I came across a great vintage reference photo; it 'cried out to me', and I instantly knew I had to use it as a reference/basis for a pencil portrait.

With this particular portrait, unlike previous my work of this type, I've opted to concentrate on her face alone, and merely hint of her flying clothing in a more 'sketchy' manner.

V-22 Osprey Drawing - V-22 Osprey Art

A3 drawing on quality, heavy weight ivory paper.

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From the moment I saw these aircraft, I was hooked! Okay, they're not everyone's cup of tea, but they're different, and I like different..... While working on this project, I had the good fortune to correspond with a gentleman from the States that was involved in both the development and flight-testing of the Osprey - needless to say, I had a 'blast' working with this piece.

This original drawing is no longer available and is now part of a private, U.S. collection.

I'd like to thank Richard Hunt for supplying one of his excellent airshow photos for use as a reference.

P-47N 'Air Cooled Injun' - nose art

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‎'Air Cooled Injun' - P-47N.

I found some references for this ship in my nose art collection, but they failed to mention her outift. I believe it was an 'N' model which served with the 7th Air Force, 318th FG, 333rd FS. If anyone can confirm this, I'd be most grateful.

Swiss Messerschmitt 109 E-3 drawing - aviation art

A4 drawing on heavy-weight Bristol paper.

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Bf-109, or Me-109 if you're that way inclined, in Swiss service with late-war 'Neutrality Stripes'.

I've never really worked with German warbirds in depth, but recently decided to research the 109.

I began studying the 'Emil' to begin with, purely from the aesthetics of its design, and soon decided this aircraft was pretty damn awesome! When researching warbirds of this era, to me it almost seems as though designers were using 'form over function' as their philosophy, especially when the aircraft look as good as the 109!

Of course, this warbird is just that - a 'warbird', and it's function was proved in combat throughout World War II, as many unlucky allied aircrew discovered.

I chose do depict a Swiss version, because during the course of my novel writing, I 'met' these very birds wearing the same striking insignia. For the viewer's info, the bands on the fuselage, upper and lower surfaces of the wings, were bright red and white. The fuselage itself was a dark green and the engine cowling white. The Swiss 109s also had different armament, thus the lacking of the bulge aft of the cowl mounted machine guns.

'The 489th Bomb Group in Suffolk' - B-24 drawing - Aviation Art

Here's the final version of a great little series of books produced by good friend, Peter Bodle. It's a pictorial history of the 489th BG (Heavy), and features jacket-art by yours truly.

There are books available for each of the 2nd Division's B-24 Bomb Groups (8th Air Force), all of which are very reasonably priced. (UK price, including P/P, is £6.00 a copy)

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Peter Bodle's website: http://www.liberatorpublishing.co.uk/

P-51D 'Duchess Arlene', 301st FS, 332nd FG

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Here's my lastest and a labour of love - It's 'Duchess Arlene', serial number 44-15648. This particular P-51D was almost certainly flown by a number of pilots in the squadron, but was the personal mount of 1st Lt. Robert W. Williams, 301st FS,
332nd FG.

It was in this very aircraft, on 30th March, 1945, that he shot down 2 Focke-Wulf
190s while carrying out a fighter sweep over the Munich area. In my drawing you can see his two kills proudly displayed on the fuselage.

(Photo credit: U.S. Air Force).
In the photo above, and to the far right, we can see 1st Lt. Robert Williams. He is seen here collecting his escape kit with fellow pilots. As an interesting side note, Williams later became an actor and interestingly, wrote the screenplay for the feature film, 'The Tuskegee Airmen', released in 1995. It's one of my personal favourites!

Graphite on heavy weight Bristol paper.

'The Bug', P-47D-20-RE, 510th FS, 405th FG, 9th AF

'The Bug', 510th FS, 405th FG, 9th USAAF - personal mount of Capt. Arlie J. Blood.

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A fascinating story told to me by the man himself.


This aircraft was lost on May 24th, 1944.

UPDATE: Having 'spoken' with Mr.Blood this week (thanks Richard), I have confirmed a few details.

Arlie told me that casualties in his squadron were very high, all of the pilots in his squadron either being shot down or shot up by the deadly German ground fire.

A direct hit in the engine of 'The Bug' forced Arlie to bail out.

He evaded the Germans and fought with the French Maqui for four months, blowing up bridges and capturing German patrols. Unfortunately he and two fellow resistance fighters were eventually captured at a German roadblock.

While the two Frenchmen were shot, Arlie was put on a train bound for a German POW camp (although he was in civilian dress, he had thankfully retained his dog tags), from which he escaped by cutting a whole in the wagon.

He rejoined the French Maqui and continued to fight alongside them.

Pencil on quality, acid-free paper.
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14th Air Force B-24D sketch

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My latest drawing, so hot off the drawing board I’ve burned my fingers!

This little beauty is a sketch of B-24D, 41-24143 'Dippy Dave and his 8 Dippy Diddlers'.

She was part of the 373rd Sq, 308th BG, 14th USAAF flying missions from Yankai, China. Sadly she was lost on May 4th, 1943, when she ran out of gas after successfully bombing an enemy barracks/airstrip.

Although their B-24D crashed and burned out, her crew bailed out and evading capture, eventually made it back to Yankai.

B-24H, 'Malfunction Junction' of the 489th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

B-24H, 'Malfunction Junction' of the 489th Bomb Group, 847th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force.
A3 drawing on acid-free ivory paper.

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20th Fighter Group P-51D 'Josephine' flown by 1st Lt. Joe Peterburs

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While working on this drawing I had the honour to correspond with the veteran pilot, Joe Peterburs. This in itself made the research alone worthwhile.



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With this drawing, I endeavoured to make it my most accurate P-51 study to day, and would like to thank Mr. Peterburs for his advice and answering my many questions.

Joe told me he 'buzzed' the field several times, so this is my depiction of one of those occasions.

381st Bomb Group B-17G 'Dreambaby'

Title:'Buzz-Job!''

Meduim:Pencil drawing on acid-free, heavy weight paper.

Size: 297mm x 420mm

A 381st Bomb Group B-17G beats up the field.

The war-weary ship depicted here is 'Dreambaby', serial number 42-32025. She flew with the 533rd Squadron and survived the war only to be sadly returned to the States and scrapped in 1945.

Part of a Private UK Collection

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Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski Portrait

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Original drawing is on A4 size Bristol paper, and is available for purchase.

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At last I've finished this portrait.

It depicts American WWII fighter ace, "Gabby" Gabreski, who achieved 28 kills while flying P-47s with the 56th Fighter Group in the European Theatre of Operations.

On 20 July, 1944, he was shot down and became a prisoner of war.

This ordeal survived, he later went on to serve in the Korean conflict, where once again, he reached ‘ace status’.

Guess it goes to show, you can’t keep a good man down!

WWI Sopwith Pup Fighter,

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Just finished my Sopwith Pup drawing. I lost count of how many hours it took, but when I thought I was almost finished, I still spent another 6 hours on it! That will give you a rough idea......

Drawing is A4 size on acid free paper.

'Pappy' Boyington sketch, U.S.M.C

'Pappy' Boyington was the Commanding Officer of VMF-214, better known as the 'Blacksheep Squadron,' and flew the famed FU4, gull-winged Corsair during WWII.

He personally shot down 26 Japanese aircraft. It was for this and his outstanding leadership, he was been awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Battle of Britain era Spitfire Mk II drawing, 603 Squadron

Pencil on a cream, acid-free paper. Approx: 16'' x 10'' without mount/matting.

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Just finished my Spitfire Mk II drawing. The aircraft depicted is flown by 603 Squadron pilot, Gerald 'Stapme' Stapleton DFC. I'm pretty happy the way it turned out. Unfortunately the great detailing and overall quality of the finish doesn't do my art justice in the scan. The art itself is a lot bigger but my scanner is only an A4 size, thus there is a lot more grass field to the left and especially right which gives a feeling of the Spit's movement.

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Ki-61 Hei of 18th Sentai IJAAF

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At last I got some time to finish my sketch. I originally wanted to depict just the aircraft itself, however, after finishing the piece it looked a little lost with no backdrop.

I began looking through my collection of period photos and also studying old black and white film footage (in Japanese of course!); I was lucky enough to find some original WWII footage showing practically the same scene as I’d depicted in my drawing!
As the aircraft in the footage touched down, there in the background were distant hills and mountains...........Perfect! I had my setting.

Crash-landed A6M5 - 1945

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Here's my sketch of an abandoned A6M5 in around 1945. It was inspired by photos I've seen of crashed Japanese aircraft on Pacific islands. There's something fascinating about coming across something like this.....

USAAF Photographer Portrait

Summer of 1945

Jack Heyn who spent 3 years in the S.W. Pacific, as a photographer-labtech with the 3rd Bomb Group.



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Crash-Landed A6M5 - 'Zero' Fighter

Inspiration's a funny thing. It can hit you at the most unexpected moments, but this time I was ready for it!

A new piece of art is currently in the planning stages, along with too many other pieces.

Anyway, the topic of my art will be a crash-landed Japanese fighter. I may have it shown as:

1) recently crashed in full navy paint/insignia scheme (the paint always chipped off these, even when when new),

or

2) perhaps it can be shown lying on some Pacific island where it's rested for the last forty years.

I like the last idea best.

If you visit some of the Pacific islands, there are still WW2 relics to be found. Aircraft having gone down in remote jungle areas can sometimes be quite well preserved, turning up from time to time, unfortunately sometimes with the remains of its pilot!

I'd love to get my Indiana Jones costume out and go relic hunting!

Anyway, I have begun a preliminary sketch which will be a stand-alone piece of work and available for purchase as a one off original, then they'll be a version in acrylic that will be available in the not too distant future.

That’s it, folks.