"Rescue Other Side"

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒.

𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 2𝑦𝑟𝑠, 𝑚𝑦 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼'𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡. 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑐.

𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 "𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒".

24"x36"x1.5", acrylic on cotton canvas. 

Plane Type: North American T-2A 'Buckeye'

Available through Abend Gallery

Includes Letter of Authenticity and soft portfolio book for collector