I just picked up my first pieces of aviation art in a very long time. Probably not the wisest purchase at this time, but then who ever said I was wise?
I found this artist while aimlessly browsing the web. His name is Ron Cole and he is based in Zanesville, Ohio. I have a connection to Zanesville because my wife was brought up there, and we lived there together from 2002 - 2012. I also got my first flying job at Zanesville, flying the King Air (and Citation II). So that is connection number 1. One of Ron Coles latest pieces is of the Hawker Hind. My paternal Grandfather served in the RAF during the 1930âs (and again in WW2). He gave me some photos he had been given by a RAF photographer at the time. I guess he had a friend in the photo section.
Iâm not entirely sure of the technique he uses. It might be purely digital art, but I think it looks great. There is a small cutting of doped fabric taken from a Hawker Hindâs lower wing included inside the frame, which I think brings the whole thing to life.
And along the same lines, but just because I have developed an interest in the early days of airline flying, there is this one of the famous Boeing 314 Pan Am ClipperâŠ
I have been eyeing up the Clipper for awhile, and today there was a 35% discount, so I pulled the trigger. I canât wait to get themâŠ
So, do any of you have some neat aviation art on your walls?
I donât know why it has taken me so long to discover him. Probably a good thing he wasnât in Zanesville while I was there, or I would have probably been bankrupt!
Huge aviation art fan. Bill Phillips is my favorite. I have a Robert Taylor signed print of âZemkeâs Wolfpackâ. I like the print, a bit on the yellow side compared to the original, but Iâve always liked it more for the signatures of the main Wolfpack members.
Side note, I do digital aviation art. All military at this point. Iâve been going to local art shows in the Atlanta area for the past couple years. Iâm not quitting my day job anytime soon, but Iâve been profitable and for being on the shy side, I actually enjoy talking to the people and telling them the stories behind each piece. I used to have a web site to sell my prints, but the price more than doubled to maintain it this year, so itâs down until I figure something else out. Might use Fine Art America. I show my stuff on deviant art for feedback from fellow digital guys. https://www.deviantart.com/n0t3r/gallery/
The pic is not my framed art, just a print like my mine from the web.
I do aviation photography and I have a few of my shots hanging on my walls, and have sold a few prints over the years. Digital and film. I have some galleries of some choice shots up on my website and if anyone is interested I can crack open the full archives for anyone interested to look through all of my prints.
For anyone that was interested in prowling my archives, I have a quick and dirty gallery up here: PhotoReflect
password is: mudspike
I was able to remove the watermark after adding the password. If anyone would like a digital copy of something let me know the file name and Ill be happy to send it to you. If anyone would actually like a print, let me know and we can figure something out.
Apparently adobe doesnât like doing very large gallaries like that so Iâll leave it on photoreflect for now.
Appreciate it Jenrick, youâve got some very nice work yourself. I can print whatever youâd like, just let me know. We had some new product to to test out so printed the Mustang and laminated it. Just gives a sense of how large I can scale the art. Iâve got a banner stand print 7 feet tall of the Marine Phantom, kinda cool.
I just splurged on another Ron Cole framed print⊠He has a great sale going on right now (40% off)⊠This one is just a framed print (ie no âfragmentâ of a real Spitfireâ), but something about it has grabbed me.
The discount code is 40MANCAVE if anyone is interested. Shipping for my orders has been $13 via UPS, which seems very reasonable. Iâll post back when the prints arrive.
