Aviation art came into my life from very far away in time, as airplanes did.
I have fond memories of my dad making incredibly nice models; at that time he was
already on those wonders like Airfix 1/24s. It must have been more than thirty-
Parents say that I started drawing planes at about four, but my first aviation painting, a copy of a Mosquito picture, came in the mid 90s.
While making the first painting experiments, I soon discovered how I liked sketching on paper, sometimes preparing the composition of the next painting, which is something I still do.
In the following years I developed my own sketching and painting techniques and today I find sketching a very relaxing and enjoyable activity, as you can create new compositions taking an airplane picture or model here, a landscape there, a human scene somewhere else. Today I like a lot to draw human activity around the colourful bush planes of the 60s and 70s.
Drawings are generally drawn on acid free 220 grs medium paper using a wide range of pencil and graphite. Paintings are made in oil on canvas with high quality paints and generally a mix of oil and turpentine as medium. Drawings and paintings are entirely hand made with no other aid or software.
About the Artist