Doolittle Raiders Pledge Drive

I'm donating a copy of "Aleutian Tiger" and "You Can't Keep A Hot Rodder Down" to Warbird Radio to raise money for the Doolittle Raider Reunion in Dayton Ohio at the National Museum of the US Air Force. It's the final official reunion for the 5 remaining Doolittle Raiders. Money raised will offset fuel costs for the 20 B-25 Mitchell Bombers in attendance as well as paying for the trip of a Chinese woman who helped one of the crews escape the Japanese. Keep in mind that the Japanese killed 250,000 Chinese in retribution for helping the Americans escape. If one person in a village was suspected of helping the air crews, the entire village was murdered... everyone. Go to the Warbird Radio website or the Warbird Radio Facebook Page for more details!

Eat like a King with Smithfield!

Here is the new Smithfield Richard Petty Motorsports #43 show car Hauler that I designed featuring Aric Almirola, the 43 car, and the King, Richard Petty himself. Pretty cool to be working on a project involving the King after growing up watching him race every weekend on TV as a kid!

Show Me!

This is the art from the original CAF "Show Me" B-25 circa 1986-2002ish. I've always loved this art, and this is my second time illustrating it. The first was hand painted on a B-25 model of Show Me for 4-H, that I took to the State Fair in '87. I would love to know who painted the original, (and why they didn't do the repaint.)

I think she, myself and a piece of shiny aluminum will have a date this summer...

73rd Bomb Wing B-29 Flagship 500 Print

Here's my newest art print to be available soon. It's called "You Can't Keep A Hot Rodder Down". I found a photo of this little modified on Saipan in "An Unofficial Pictorial History of the 500th Bomb Group", published in 1946, and I was intrigued. I looked for information on who built it for several months but never could find out any information, even from the 500th BG Association. It looks like it has elements of a Japanese Type 95 car, and aircraft wheels and tires in the front, but who knows what else. Unlike the ETO, the guys in the Pacific had very little to occupy their free time. And like any hot rodder would, this guy found a way to pass the time. The foreground B-29 is "Flagship 500" which survived the war after 11 combat missions (named "4th Marine Division" on the starboard side) and is on display today at March AFB painted in 500th Bomb Group markings, but named "Three Feathers" which also carried the number Z Square 49, hence the confusion based on available information at the time. The background B-29 is Z Square 42 named Supine Sue, which at the end of the war had amassed 48 combat missions and 6 Japanese kills.

Welcome to the new site

Yes, the new site is finally finished! Have a look around...

Site Updates

Check out the Logo and Nose Art sections of the portfolio, which have just gone live. Featuring some of my work for Raybestos, Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle, and also the Commemorative Air Force's B-24 nose art project as well as the Grissom Air Museum's C-47 nose art project. Enjoy!

Hunnert Car Pile Up 10th Anniversary Posters Available

We are now selling the 10th Annversary posters from the Hunnert Car Pileup in the store. Price is $20 shipped with $5 from every poster sold going to the USO. They make great Christmas gifts! Click here to place your order...