Jacket Artwork Thumbnails
Jacket Artwork Thumbnails
This is the second of three or four collections I'll be posting of jacket and other artwork I've done. Click on any image to the left to see a full-size version.
Two Vargas reproductions on "Bomber Dear II" with the National Warplane Museum's B-17, "Fuddy Duddy," flying above.
"Virginia Marie/Night Duty Nurse" was done for a fellow whose wife's name is, you guessed it, Virginia Marie. And yes, she is a nurse. How did you know?
This one was done for one of the crew chiefs of the New England Escadrille's C-47, "Plunkett's Passion."
I did this one for the owner of the Diamond Six Dairy (!) in California. The pinup is a reproduction of his favorite Vargas painting.
Look familiar? It might if you've seen the Tora Tora debut album cover. They used an old Petty painting as the basis of the pinup, and I changed her face to look like the jacket owner's girlfriend (see below).
Detail of the Tora Tora pinup.
Here's the woman who inspired the "Tora Tora" painting.
An imaginary squadron insignia I invented. I haven't done a painting of this one yet.
The Wile E. Coyote character is the property of Warner Brothers Studios.
I painted this squadron insignia on the front of the "Boeing Belle" jacket seen on the main Flight Jacket Artwork page. This one appeared on the cover of Hell-Bent for Leather, a history of flight jackets (see Collection 3 in the near future). This and all the squadron insignia that follow are actual Army Air Force designs. Most of these paintings are 5" in diameter.
I painted this one for the front of my "Ginger Snap" jacket, seen on the Collection 1 page. The insignia is that of a WWII 8th Air Force B-17 Squadron. From my research, this appears to be the only Daffy Duck squadron insignia in all the Army Air Forces in WWII. The leather wings here are a rare example of original WWII bombardier's wings.
The Daffy Duck character is the property of Warner Brothers Studios.
I painted this Pegasus-inspired squadron insignia on a reproduction B-3 sheepskin jacket I own. This was also a B-17 squadron in the 8th Air Force.
This is an American Volunteer Group insignia. The AVG was an all-volunteer group of pilots who flew in China before America's entry into World War II.
The nose art on squadron leader Tex Smith's AVG aircraft is said to have been a panda bear in a tuxedo. I've never located a photo of the artwork on his plane, but this is what I imagined it might look like.
Another 8th Air Force B-17 Squadron insignia, this time of Bugs Bunny on what looks like a 100-pounder. Very reminiscent of Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove, eh whot?
The Bugs Bunny character is the property of Warner Brothers Studios.
Yet another B-17 outfit in the 8th air force. This one is the 365th Bomb Squadron, and is surrounded by some original AAF memorabilia in this photo. The drawing I did before painting this is below. Photo by Jon Lewis.
The drawing I did for the above squadron insignia painting.
This insignia was used by a glider pilot squadron in the Army Air Forces. A hapless job, theirs. They usually flew at night, many of their gliders broke into small pieces upon landing, and, even if they didn't, they couldn't take off again after they landed. Regular Army guys are seen on the pilot's back, scared out of their wits, of course.
The same three jackets from the top being worn by actors for a documentary on the B-17.
This is the end of collection 2. Watch the What's New page for further collections in the near future. You can go back to collection 1 from here or use one of the buttons below to go elsewhere. I also have a page of my other artwork.
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