Stu Shepherd
Best known for his Aviation Art work (mainly the150+ illustrations he has created to grace the boxes of Revell and Monogram plastic model kits), Stu is an illustrator and Graphic Designer from Central California and is currently working on several projects for the game industry.
Although Aviation art is his strength, he is also passionate about Sci-fi and Fantasy art, with a focus on the wonder of fantastic environments. 'I'd love to be a matte painter, and am working toward that someday soon."
While creating an exciting and hopeful future in his art, Stu also writes stories of hope and adventure. He has one screenplay complete and is working on his second. "The future doesn't stand still, and in this day and age, a bit of hope can go a long way toward making the future a place we all want to be. Hope is powerful, and we could all use that right now."
Stu Shepherd Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Print "Tuskegee Airmen P-51B Mustang"
Made famous for all by the HBO film, the story of the "Tuskegee Airmen" stands bright in the annals of United States history. Formed as an experiment to see if black pilots could compete in the arena of aerial combat. The triumphant record that these brave men recorded under difficult conditions (created both by the enemy and by their own country) proved once and for all that racial prejudices have no place in the world of free men.
Depicted here, having successfully engaged a German Me-109F over Italy, is the P-51B Mustang piloted by Capt. Ed Toppins of the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The 332nd fought in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns as well as bomber escort into the heart of the Third Reich. Bomber crews grew to be thankful for the sight of an escort of the "Red Tails", as the reputation of theTuskegee Airmen was so great that one newspaper even claimed they never lost an escorted bomber to enemy air action (a claim now debated by combat records) . The Tuskegee Airmen flew over 15,000 sorties during the war, accounting for 109 enemy aircraft shot down, and were awarded over 1,000 medals. As a price, 150 paid the unltimate sacrifice for freedom, a freedom that within their own country would take decades for them to fully realize.
This is a Digital Print with the sharpest image and brightest colors available!
Image size 12" x 16", Overall size 13" x 19"
Offered are limited edition prints from a 200-print run created and signed by the artist. The image is in brilliant color on highest quality glossy photographic paper (Ilford Printasia) which produces the sharpest and brightest image possible, with guaranteed print life equivalent to litho prints.
All Limited Edition prints are signed and numbered (S/N) by the artist. Limited Edition prints are 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.
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