Off Duty at the I Bar
by Merana Cadorette
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30.000 x 32.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Off Duty at the I Bar
Artist
Merana Cadorette
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
These gentlemen must have been hoping for a peaceful break when they went to the officers' club on base in San Diego. Little did they know that ASAA (American Society of Aviation Artists) had invaded the club that evening. I was taken by their obvious camaraderie, and asked if they'd mind if I painted them.
The autographs are due to a peculiarity of collectors of aviation art. They like to get the signatures of participants in a mission on prints. I thought it would be fun to treat this as a 'mission', and all four graciously complied, included the patches, and, Captain Mike Kelly provided the set of Professional Aviation Maintenance Officer Wings and this comment: it is "their chosen career field that binds the four of them together professionally".
The following year, This painting was juried into the ASAA show in Pensacola, FL as part of an art exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of naval aviation.
This bar was the model for the one in the "Mustang" movie.
You can see a video on the steps in painting this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flacd-hw82k&t=32s
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October 20th, 2020
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Comments (6)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Broken Soldier
I've spent many an hour bellied up to that very bar, singing bawdy songs with my brothers.
Merana Cadorette replied:
A print of this was hung on the wall right behind this location...although I hear the I had has been remodeled...not sure if it's still there.
Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS! Your work has been featured in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! You are cordially invited to POST image embed links for this distinction to the 🌟GAs -Features Archive -2022 thread in the discussion tab. Thank you for your glimpse of beauty!
Merana Cadorette replied:
Thank you, I had planned to add this to discussion group in two days...Will bump it up!
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