RICH THISTLE Rich Thistle is a multi-disciplined, Canadian, visual artist respected for his aviation art, watercolor and acrylic landscape paintings of Canada's lake country, automotive art and portraits.
He spent thirty years as a visual art educator and consultant while developing a full-time career in art. Rich studied at the Ontario College of Art & Design, earned a BA (Visual Art Major) from the University of Western Ontario and is a graduate of Stratford Teachers' College. His original paintings are in the collections of the Canadian War Museum, Jersey Museum in the Channel Islands, HRH Prince Charles, 431 (AD) Squadron Snowbirds, Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, Bombardier/Canadair and numerous other corporate, military, public and private collections.
Rich has been profiled on national television and radio and his images appear on the covers of Canadian, American and British aviation books, magazines and in television documentaries. One of his paintings is depicted in bronze in the Royal Canadian Mint's Canada Remembers medallion set commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
Over the years Rich has given numerous, slide-illustrated presentations, featuring his paintings and his career as an artist with particular focus on the Canadian history behind his many aviation images, to service clubs, historical and community clubs, aviation associations and veterans groups. Rich has created commemorative, aviation posters for veterans' associations and various annual or special aviation events. He has written a number of articles about the aviation history represented in his paintings for the American magazine Aviation History and 33 monthly columns for Canadian Flight, the national publication of COPA, the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association.
Rich Thistle Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Print "442 SCRAMBLE: BENY-SUR-MER"
Mk IX Spitfires scramble from a forward airfield in Normandy shortly after D-Day, WWII
442 SCRAMBLE: BENY-SUR-MER is a tribute to fighter squadrons who spearheaded and supported the final campaign to liberate Europe from the German yoke. It depicts three Spitfire Mk IX’s scrambling from a forward, “meadow” airfield in France in the busy days after D-Day. It’s generally common knowledge that by this time in the war, aircraft no longer flew in elements of three, but in two’s and four’s (two elements of two aircraft). The fact that only three (a pleasingly aesthetic number by the way) are shown may mean, from the artist’s point of view, that the fourth was a bit down field, out of the frame of reference.
This 25.25" by 17.75" image size print, limited to 450, is signed by the artist & co-signed by F/O Len Wilson, 442 Sqn RCAF Spitfire pilot.
A Limited Edition print is restricted to a certain number. For example, if 400 prints are made from an original painting, once they’re gone, that’s it. There is no limit to the number of open edition prints of a particular painting. That’s why Limited Edition prints are more expensive — and more valuable to collectors — than "open" edition. Rare objects are more valuable. An Artist Proof (AP), generally, is the first 5% - 10% of the Limited Edition prints that come off the press. If the Limited Edition is 400 s/n, there would be 20 - 40 APs. This status is noted on the print. Collectors prefer APs because their value increases even more than a Limited Edition as time goes by. All Limited Edition artwork is subject to availability at time of order. Although seller strives to remain currrent as to inventory, seller reserves the right to cancel a sale if item is no longer available at time of purchase.
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