Aviation Art – Which are your favourites?

Hi All,
Qldspitty,
I am a big fan of Mathews work and have a few of his prints really talented and genuine guy when I have had the pleasure of contacting him via e-mail, he was available at Vector Fine Art then he set up his web page also has a line in art on flying jackets here on this page :- http://www.flyingleatherjackets.com/. Here are two of his fine Pencil work below.

One of the best pieces of art in recent years as I have already posted that I think is outstanding is Simon Atacks – Hopgood’s Couragous Run of which I have a full width Remarque and I am in the process of purchasing his original pencil work Stirling Corkscrew Evasion both excellent pieces of work in my opinion .

Geoff.

Quite taken by Matthew Holness and his pencil work..[ATTACH=CONFIG]229037[/ATTACH]
http://www.flyingleatherjackets.com/

My favourites are the one among the thumbnails at the start of this thread showing the Halifax and fuel bowser and one which has not appeared among the ones on here of a Lancaster in winter with ground crew working on her and one of them has propped his bicycle against the starboard main wheel. I think they both pay fitting tribute to the many (often ignored) ground crew without whom the aircraft would have been useless.

Probably against the spirit of the thread to post your own work but I was always really chuffed with this as it was the only real attempt at a painting I did.

An alternative option – but still classed as aviation art..

My current favourite – as painted onto 117th AHC Hueys in Vietnam – this was painted onto a Huey radio panel.

Original artwork here:

http://www.vhpamuseum.org/art/art.shtml

This is my favourite, I commissioned this for my kit and it is by Pavel Rampir of the Czech Republic.
Graham.

…an Artist called ‘Roffey’ but he seems harder to track down…………

Arc

Many years ago I worked with a lady whose surname was Roffey. She was ‘actively disinterested’ in aviation but I seem to recall there was a connection. If memory serves me, the family came from Malta.

I’m a fan of Kenneth McDonough. But then I would be as I’ve got 3 of his originals in the family (2 x Oils & 1 x Watercolour of WW1 aircraft – Camels, Brisfits and Nieuports).

Ken was the ‘Artist Airfix forgot’ for me as he did some of the early box art for the kits but people only remember Roy Cross (also a highly talented artist- don’t get me wrong) – Ken never got the credit he deserves. Many of his originals were commissions for Shell and Air BP.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kenneth+mcdonough+aviation+artist&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=5dGVU–IHuaP8AGP34HABw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=602

I’ve also got a small watercolour of Hurricanes by an Artist called ‘Roffey’ but he seems harder to track down…………

Arc

My new gouache painting. Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib from 181 Sqn RAF. Normandy 1944. Best regards, Piotr Dubowik www.sztukaitechnika.pl

This is a beautiful 66 year old Pen & Ink drawing, by J.M. Bruce, of the Blackburn Blackburd, WWI torpedo plane of June, 1918. The plane he has drawn is #113, the first of only three built. The dwg is dated by him in the lower right corner as 21.11.48.. J.M. Bruce was considered to be the World’s leading authority and historian of WWI British aircraft. His massive book on the subject, “British Aeroplanes 1914-1918, is considered the definitive reference of the subject. He was also the Director/Curator of the Royal Air Force Museum for many years.
Finding new homes for my 45 year collection has been keeping me quite busy. I have quite a few of Bruce’s detailed pen & inks from the late 1940s. They include everything from the Classic B.E, R.E., DH., and F.B. series to the one-of-a-kinds.
An important body of work.. He thoughfully offset the dwgs toward the bottom so the top two notebook holes could be matted out and the dwg still be well-balanced.

Yes, the night bombers always bring and extra sense of drama..
Here is my 36 x 44 inch, framed Original acrylic, of a WWI Gotha raid on nightime London, painted by Thomas Kepple.The title is:
“Phantoms of the Opera.”
Sorry for the bit of flash reflection at upper center..

:applause:They are not only lovely works of art but history all over from the subject matter to the paper painted on and the era the painting took place-thank you for posting that 🙂
The mosquito paintings ,excellent i hadn’t seen them before.

Some of my very favorites..
Original 85 year old aero art painted on 85 year old newsprint!
It survives in amazingly fine condition!

Here is a fascinating back-story and visually stunning unpublished aviation artwork. I have ALL 36! of the original set of 36 that Charles Hubbell did. Some of his very earliest work, and no other caseins are known to have been done, as he moved on to watercolors and oils, and International fame and popularity. The fact that the complete set has survived, intact, in excellent condition, for over 80 years is somewhat remarkable. I
They are unpublished.
Casein paints (milk -based) are, visually, more like oils, than watercolors, in that they have no transparency and are very opaque. The paint on these is pretty thick..It is fast-drying, water –soluble, and generally has a glue-like consistency that can be thinned with water to suit the artist’s style.
Note the fabulous contest prizes for any aviation buff! and what the contest led to- 40 years of Hubbell being one of the most recognized & popular aviation artists of the 20th Century, possibly all-time..etc etc

The beautifully bright colors of the 36 Caseins, painted by a young Charles Hubbell for what is believed to be a newspaper contest that he won and brought him to prominence. The contest was sponsored by The Cleveland Press to promote the First National Air Races in Cleveland, 1929. They were required to be painted on the Cleveland Newspaper’s newsprint.*with enough of the printing visible around the margin of the painting, to be recognized as such.. But you cannot see any newsprint (Except by Lifting the matts & turning them over..) as they are all nicely matted and placed in a protective album. Complete set of (numbered on matting) all 36. Beautiful Classics of the late 1920s. Very important and historic, and beautiful. Certainly among his earliest work. Extremely rare, of course. No other caseins known.
The paintings are printed on the newsprint of the very edition of Cleveland Press Newspaper that announced the contest and the prizes! The following information was obtained from reading the Original newsprint, around the outer edges of the paintings!.
Prizes offered in this contest were Amazing! Including “Three Ocean Cruises Await the Winners of the Press’ National Air Race;” Two Other Adult Prizes are airplane trips to Detroit and return, in Stout Airlines Tri-Motored Ford Airplanes” and “Two Round Triips to Detroit in Loening amphibian airplanes.” The first five prize trips in airplanes piloted by noted aviators;” ” 6th t0 55th; Combination tickets to NAR and National Exposition in Public Hall;” 56th-70th are “pilots ???”(as seen on newsprint on edges of painting

Hi Hampden98

Could be ‘Delayed Departure’ or ‘Unscheduled Arrival’ by Robert Bailey ??

cheers

Chris

http://www.brooksart.com/Delay.html

http://www.brooksart.com/Unscheduledarrival.html

Can anyone identify a painting I remember seeing at an airshow from this description.
Nighttime. Mosquito, possibly pathfinder flying low over French or German train station.
There is a black steam engine with German soldiers all running for cover.

May be an idea to ask on here or have a look.
http://ehangar.com/forum/

Can anyone identify a painting I remember seeing at an airshow from this description.
Nighttime. Mosquito, possibly pathfinder flying low over French or German train station.
There is a black steam engine with German soldiers all running for cover.

My new gouache painting. F6F-3 over USS Saratoga. Best regards, Piotr Dubowik. www.sztukaitechnika.pl

This hangs in my study. I commissioned the painting in early 2004 by a good friend sadly gone, Keith Aspinall.

Titled “Encounter over Witten” No.31 Base Lancaster’s lead by No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron attack in daylight Witten, December 12th 1944.

🙂 It s this http://forkpeter.cgsociety.org/portfolio/project-detail/Avro-Lancaster-Horrido-956057 Avro Lancaster – Horrido by Peter Forkasiewicz

Thanks Trumper, much appreciated especially the link!

Cheers,

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

🙂 It s this http://forkpeter.cgsociety.org/portfolio/project-detail/Avro-Lancaster-Horrido-956057 Avro Lancaster – Horrido by Peter Forkasiewicz