Recent Paintings Fall 2014

During the last months of 2014 these are the paintings I have completed. I am working on a series of  paintings in oil of museum patrons. The two paintings here were inspired at the Cincinnati Art museum. They allow visitors to take photos of a majority of their collection.
I am also working on dining room scenes that include art work. The golf scene here was inspired after a visit to the Sciota Country club and noticed a painting of Jack Nicklaus on my way but never noted who painted it. This painting is my own version which doesn't actually exist.
The fall scenes are from Schiller Park in Columbus.

New Works

I just finished three new paintings with the theme "museum visit". This is a idea used many times by artists. I remember Norman Rockwell's paintings for Saturday Evening post: "The Critic", April 1955; "Abstract and Concrete" in January 1962. The latter showing Rockwell's genius of a  man viewing a Jackson Pollack drip painting.
     

The Joint Chiefs of Staff at Itazuke Air Force Base June 1950. The Korean War had just started and the 8th fighter bomber Wing was the first Air Force wing to engage the North Koreans. The JCS from left to right:
Chairman, Gen. Omar Bradley, AF Gen H. Vandenberg, Adm. F. Sherman, Gen J L Collins. At far right is Itazuke Base Commander Col. John Price.

These are old photos from the Korean War. Myself as an airman with the 8th Fighter Bomber Wing at Itazuke Air Force Base in Japan. The second photo is Lt William G, Hudson of Selma, Alabama, left, an F82 pilot and his Radar Observer, Lt Carl S. Fraser of Tampa, Florida, stationed at Itazuke. They were the first to be fired upon the day the war broke out but did not return fire then. On June 27th they returned fire and shot down an IL-2 type North Korean aircraft. This was the first air kill of the Korean war.

I have always enjoyed the work of gifted illustrators. From time to time I enjoy painting those things that I work more as illustrations than fine art. I paint because I enjoy it.