"Dancing in the Dark" - Keith Ferris - KC-135 Aviation Art

Keith Ferris, the son of a career Air Force Officer who served from 1925-1955 is a freelance aviation artist who has been serving the advertising, editorial, public relations and historical documentation needs of airframe, engine and avionics manufacturers and their advertising agencies, aviation trade publications, aviation museums and the military for 50 years.

Active in the Air Force Art Program for 37 years, Mr. Ferris has 52 major paintings in the Air Force Art Collection. He has traveled worldwide with the Air Force, flown in and documented the missions of most all jet aircraft types in the inventory. He is a life member of the Society of Illustrators, and a founding member and past president of the American Society of Aviation Artists.

He has had one man exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, the Society of Illustrators in New York City, the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO the C.R. Smith Museum, Cavanaugh Museum, and Simuflite Training International, in Fort Worth, TX and the Aerospace Education Center in Little Rock, AR. In addition, there have been numerous exhibitions in art galleries throughout the country.

He is best known for his two large 75 foot murals "Fortresses Under Fire" and "The Evolution of Jet Aviation" at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

He was elected a member of the Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey and has received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Daniel Webster College for his service to aviation. Keith has also been selected as an honorary member of many military units including the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird Flight Demonstration Team and the Order of Daedalians, the national fraternity of military pilots. He received the Air Force Association's Citation of Honor in 1978 for his art and it's Special Award in 1985 for his lifetime of documentation of Air Force History.

Keith's painting "Real Trouble" was selected Best In Show at the annual ASAA Exhibition in Dayton, Ohio in 1995 and "First Trap" won the same award in 1996 in Pensacola, FL.

Original Ferris paintings are owned by governments, museums, corporations and private collectors. His lithographic prints are published by Keith Ferris, Inc. and The Greenwich Workshop, Inc.

Keith Ferris Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Print "Dancing in the Dark"

Their engines and undersurfaces lit by nacelle and underwing illumination lights, a Boeing KC-135RT air refuelable tanker of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing based at McConnell AFB, Kansas is refueled by a Boeing KC-135R tanker of the 97th Air Mobility Wing based at Altus AFB, Oklahoma high over Kansas City International Airport at the Eastern end of their refueling track.

This 28" by 15" print, limited to 750, is signed by the artist.

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