Artist Biographies

Richard Allison
An Artist Fellow of ASAA. Richard specializes in aviation marine and railroad subjects and is a consistent contributor to the ASAA’s annual exhibitions.

Gerald Asher
Gerald Asher is a third generation aviator and self-taught artist. He began creating his original works as a sideline business while still enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a jet aircraft mechanic. He has been a contributor to the Air Force Art Program since 1981, through which his art hangs in the halls of the Pentagon and other government installations around the world. Under the auspices of this program, he has had the opportunity to fly training and combat profiles in a variety of aircraft ranging from the Lockheed T-33 to the F-16. As a Charter Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, he has served on the Board of Trustees as well as chairing the Public Relations Committee; he currently serves as President. He has created works for book covers, calendar and magazine illustration, as well as model kit "box art". He resides in a suburb of Ft. Worth, Texas with his wife, Meg and their sons, Ronald and Philip.

Bill Atkinson
Bill served 23 years as an Army Aviator and retired in 1988 because of heart problems. He has over 5000 hours of military flight time, 2500 of which were in combat in Vietnam. After retirement he took up drawing and gradually moved on to oil painting. Although mainly a self-taught artist Bill has taken several workshops relating to oil painting to further his skills. His main focus is on military aviation from WW-II and the Vietnam era.

C. S. Bailey
Chad earned a degree in fine arts at the University of Utah and a MA.ED at the University of Phoenix. In the art field Chad has carved a niche by painting his favorite subjects of aviation and naval art. Many of his illustrations have been widely published and he has completed many commissioned works. Currently all of Chad’s fifteen art prints have been self printed and promoted. He has also exhibited his works in many venues including the US Naval Museum in Pensacola, Fla. An Artist Member of the ASAA and a participant in the Air Force Art Program, he considers his family his greatest accomplishment to date.

Colin E. Bowley
Colin E. Bowley has been associated with Aviation and Art for most of his life. In 1946 he enlisted in the Air Force and served for 6 years in the Middle east, Africa and England. Returning to civilian life he worked as a commercial artist in Toronto and in 1958 joined the Avro Aircraft Company as a Technical Artist. He started his own art business in 1973 and was also involved in the operation of a large flying school in Ontario. He has owned several aircraft and logged a few thousand hours over the years. He officially retired in 1995 and now paints fulltime. He has received various awards and has works in many private, public and corporate collections.

Ardell Bourgeois
Ardell is a graduate of the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Ardell is currently working as a freelance artist with a primary interest in aviation subject matter, a life-long obsession. He has had works accepted in many Canadian and US hosted international art exhibits. His paintings have hung in the National Archives and National Aviation Museum in Ottawa, the Seattle Museum of Flight and others. His clients included Raytheon Canada, the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Forces as well as private collectors. He is proud of being chosen to take part in the pilot project for the Canadian Forces Artist Program in 2002. Ardell is an active member and Vice-President of the Canadian Aviation Artists Association and an Artist member of the American Society of Aviation Artists. He has received several awards form both organizations as well as the annual Horizons of Flight exhibit.

Paul Burrows
Paul served in the Air Force and Air National Guard as a pilot for 22 years. Following retirement, he began devoting more time to painting, an old hobby. In recent years he has concentrated mostly on aviation subjects. He has done illustrations and covers for several publishers, and original works are owned by private collectors. He has stayed active in flying in his homebuilt aircraft.

Michael W. Carroll
Michael W. Carroll is an astronomical artist and science writer. He has done commissioned work for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His art has appeared in several hundred magazines throughout the world, including National Geographic, Time, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Smithsonian, Astronomy and others. One of his paintings was flown aboard Russia’s MIR Space Station in 1995. Recent murals include the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Fleet Science Center in San Diego and Lockheed/Martin. Carroll is a Fellow of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts, and has written articles and books on topics ranging from space to dinosaurs to Biblical archeology.

Hank Caruso
Hank Caruso’s award-winning and highly collectible Aerocatures are unique in Aviation Art. What makes Hank’s art so popular is the truth portrayed in the situations and characters: that his carefully drafted illustrations represent. Aerocatures are surprisingly complex and accurate in both technical detail and emotional feeling. This accuracy comes from Hank’s unique combination of professional experience as an artist and aerospace engineer. To acquire this experience, Hank has flown with the Navy’s Blue Angels, Top Gun, Naval Test Pilot School and other Navy and Air Force test and operational squadrons. His first book "Seabirds", was published by Howell Press and his annual aerocatures calendar – published continuously since 1982 – has won awards from the Calendar Marketing Association. Hank is an Artist Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists. His works are regularly displayed in juried exhibitions of the ASAA, EAA and Simuflite, and are included in the US Air Force Art Collection.

Robert Cassoll
Born and raised near Pittsburgh, Pa. Robert graduated from Penn State University with a BS in Aerospace Engineering in 1991. Following graduation, he joined the Navy and was commissioned in 1992. He graduated flight school and earned his wings as a Naval Flight Officer on 1993. From 1995 to 1998, Robert flew as a Radar Intercept Officer with VF213 and currently serves with VX-23 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.

Timothy J. Cronley
Tim graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He served his country for 20 years in the US Marine Corps flying A-4 and AV-8 "Broncos" before retiring from the service. He currently flies for Federal Express.

Fernando DeLaCueva
Born in Madrid Spain,1953, Fernando has been painting exclusively aeronautical themes since 1985. He has won both 1st and 2nd prizes at the Spanish Air Force Contest and has held many one-man exhibitions devoted exclusively to aviation. His Spanish Civil War aviation paintings have led to limited edition signed prints by world famous pilots such as General Adolf Galland and Colonel Jose Maria Bravo. Fernando is also a private and sailplane pilot and cooperates with the Madrid based Infante de Orleans Foundation, that is dedicated to preserving and flying old airplanes in Spain. In 1971 he graduated from Needham High School, Massachusetts. He paints mainly in acrylics and his work can be found in public and private collections in Europe and the U.S.A. In 2002 he was admitted as an artist fellow in ASAA.

Domenic DeNardo
Aviation artist Domenic Denardo has been fascinated with airplanes since early childhood. He received his art training at the Rhode Island School of Design and studied engineering at the University of Rhode Island. As a free- lance artist of 45 years, his work centered on technical illustrations but his real love always was and remains flying and painting aviation subjects. His paintings have received the "Best of the Best" for the Aviation Week & Space Technology Aerospace competition at the ASAA exhibition 2002. Domenic is a member of the AOPA, the Experimental Aircraft Association, the National Aeronautics Association, the Air Force Association and ASAA.

Herve DeVinck
Belgian born Herve DeVinck has been a photo-journalist and model’s reviewer for several French, UK, Japanese and Belgian aviation publications for more than 20 years. DeVinck has numerous paintings in several countries, as well as the Belgian Royal Army Museum and the Belgian Air and Space museum. DeVinck likes to say he was already in love with aircraft and aviation before his birth. Retired now, he loves collecting aircraft memorabilia.

Robert Duvall
Rob Duvall was born in Boise, Idaho in 1955. His father, who worked in the airline industry and encouraged him to draw and sketch, influenced his fascination with aviation. Through High School and into college, Rob majored in technical illustration and graphics achieving several first place awards nationally for his airbrush and technical artwork. It wasn’t until his studies at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California that Rob began exploring the fine arts. Producing oils and airbrush as well as pencil renderings. Rob has successfully joined together the two disciplines of fine art and technical illustration to produce paintings of superb realism and detail. Rob has exhibited in California, Idaho and the East Coast.

John Everds
John received his art training at the Cleveland School of Art majoring in illustration. During his career he has worked in New York and Chicago as an illustrator doing work for Life Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan and other magazines. However, he has always looked for opportunities to combine his interest in aviation with commercial assignments. He has written and illustrated a history of the airlines for children entitled "It began with Jenny" and has done box covers for Hawk and Monogram model kits. Now retired, John paints the subjects he loves best – "The Golden Age of Flight" from 1920- 1940.

David Flynt
After graduating from Auburn University with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, David Flynt entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Flynt served as an engineer at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, working on advanced crew escape concepts for hypersonic vehicles such as the National AeroSpace Plane. He served as a Mission Controller at Vandenberg, AFB, California for the Reentry Systems Launch Program and was involved in the launch of several spacecraft, including the first flights of the Taurus system and the Multi-System Launch Program. After leaving the Air Force, Flynt attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and graduated cum laude with a BS in Industrial Design. Since 1999 Flynt has been painting significant moments in aerospace history.

Jonathan Frank
Like many kids in school Jonathan’s notebooks were filled with airplane sketches, but he did not pursue an interest in aviation art until the mid 1990s. A graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Jonathan was commissioned as an officer in the US Air Force and served as a missile launch officer in the Minuteman III ICBM system in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was there that he decided to pursue a flying career in the civilian world rather than a hole in the ground in the military. After many years of flight instructing, flying freight and a corporate job, Jonathan was selected as an A S A A scholarship recipient and began a two year study of aviation art under the guidance of aviation artist Mike O'Neal, Paul Rendel, and Gil Cohen. For fun, he loves to fly his Piper J-3 Cub, and a Boeing Stearman in which he hops biplane rides on the weekends. He lives in Houston with his wife, Barbara, and son Ryan.

Nixon Galloway
Nixon (Nick) Galloway was an experienced professional who was well known for the broad scope of work he produced for corporations and the prints and the paintings he created for galleries and individual commissions. He had an extensive background in aviation and over fifty years experience as an artist. His paintings are in many private collections and have been exhibited in the Air Force Museum, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Kennedy Space Center, the RAF Museum in London and the White House. He has had major oneman shows in Savannah and Dallas and over 30 of his paintings are in the Air Force Art Collection. Nick was an Artist Fellow member and past president of the ASAA. Nick passed away on January 27, 2003 from cancer just two days after his 76th birthday.

Cher Hogan
Cher Hogan is a self taught artist who works mainly in acrylics and water color. She specializes in bush planes which are a common sight in the skies and on the waterways in her Northwestern Ontario community. Her works have been featured on numerous magazine covers and two book covers and can be found in private and corporate collections around the world. She is an Artist Member of the ASAA as well as the Canadian Society of Aviation Artists.

Randy Jolly
Randy Jolly began his artistic career by taking photographs of high performance aircraft from an amazing perspective; the back seat of those jets. Accumulating nearly 1,000 hours of flight time, his photos have appeared on the covers of Newsweek, Aviation Week & Space Technology and other national publications, and practically every aviation journal in the world. He has to his credit numerous aviation related books, calendars, and photo essays. With his photography and flying days still fresh in his mind, Randy has created bright and colorful art work to reflect the thrill and excitement of twisting and turning, looping and diving amidst the clouds. The pure joy and exhilaration of flying is evident in each of his art works, which hang in private and corporate collections throughout the country.

Charles Kadin
Following a highly successful career spanning fifty years in the graphic arts, Charles began a second career pursuing his interest in aviation history and aviation art. Since 1986 his work has been exhibited by the ASAA, CAAA, CAE Simuflite, Canada Aviation Museum, and has won a number of awards at these juried competitions. His work has been published in aviation magazines. Over the past fifteen years he has contributed over ten works to the USAF Art Program. Charles has published prints and posters, and accepts commissions that focus on aircraft, individuals in aviation and historical events. A committed advocate for aviation art, Charles Kadin is currently President of the Canadian Aviation Artists Association.

Tom Kalina
Tom has been painting and flying since the age of sixteen. Tom specializes in oil paintings of commercial and general aviation, with an emphasis on airliners of the 1950s. For over a decade, Tom was the Staff Artist for the World Airline Historical Society. Tom is an artist member of the ASAA and a professional corporate pilot.

Sam Lyons
Sam Lyons is an artist, teacher, sailboat captain, scuba diver, hobby shop owner. But his greatest love is creating aviation art. Sam’s immensely popular painting style is so realistic, his paintings are often mistaken for photographs. Sam’s home and studio are located on a grass airstrip in Woodstock, Georgia. This allows him to fly regularly in his classic Stinson 108. In his art career, Sam has created over 60 Limited Edition prints. They can be found worldwide at military bases, museums, gift shops, art galleries and on his web site www.lyonstudio. com. Although Sam has won many awards for his paintings, his greatest source of pride is the reaction he gets from pilots and aviation enthusiasts of every age and experience.

Robert Mascher
Robert Mascher is a Hungarian artist (maybe the only one !). He studied product design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest. After obtaining his BA and MA degrees, he worked with graphics and taught art. His sculptures and paintings are of various styles but have one thing in common. They are connected to flying and aircraft. He also builds 10 foot long airmachine-like sculptures for malls in Europe. Robert has painted mainly the airplanes of Hungary, which are German (WWII) and Russian. He has taken part in several exhibitions and has had five individual exhibitions as well. One of them was held on the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Air Force in 1968. He attended the ASAA forum in1999. Robert is an Overseas Friend of the British Guild of Aviation Artists.

David B. Mueller
Dave "D.B." Mueller, having a passion for art and aviation has been pencil drawing since he was young. In 1991, he earned his private pilot license while living in Maui, Hawaii – bringing his two pursuits even closer. The 1992 Reno Air Races really inspired his creative juices and unable to capture the bright colors of the air racers with pencil, he tried painting. Self-taught, it was challenging at first as Dave is slightly color-blind. Yet, two of his early works were selected by the Art Maui 1999 Juried Exhibition and were featured in Maui and Honolulu newspapers. Dave’s work has since been commissioned and collected by pilots and air race fans from Hawaii to England. He currently resides and paints full time in Park City, Utah.

Michael O'Neal
Focusing on the dawn of flight to the end of WW I, wood and fabric airplanes dominate Michael’s paintings. While in high school, Michael began a complete list of biographies of WW I pilots who hailed from his home state of New Jersey. The lasting impressions created by his interviews with several veterans, all them well into their 80s, focused his energies on the World War period 1914—1918. An ASAA member since 1992, Michael’s art instruction has come primarily through the ASAA forums and its members. In 1997, his painting "Sharks," won the James V. Roy, Jr. Award as best in the show by an ASAA member at the annual ASAA exhibit and "Sons of Albrecht," was judged "Best of Show" at the 5th annual SimuFlite/Flying Magazine Horizons of Flight exhibition in Dallas, Texas.

Priscilla Messner-Patterson
Priscilla Messner-Patterson and her husband Butch, a pilot for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have lived on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska since 1983. Although she occasionally paints other subjects, her primary focus is aviation related, featuring general aviation, historical Alaskan themes and the U.S. Coast Guard. She has been a member of the ASAA since 1994. She is also a member of the CAAA, the Alaska Watercolor Society and both the Coast Guard and Air Force Art Programs. Priscilla received the ASAA Gold Founder’s Award at the 2002 Forum in Savannah and an Award of Merit from the Simuflite 2002 exhibition in Dallas. For information on prints, paintings or commissions, please contact the artist at PO Box 3348, Kodiak, AS 99615 or phone (907) 486-8447. Visit her website at www. bearlymattersstudio.com.

Mark Pestana
Mark Pestana is a NASA Research Pilot and engineer at Edwards AFB, Ca operating the DC-8 and Beech 200. He is a Colonel and Command Pilot in the US Air Force Reserve and has logged over 4,000 hours piloting reconnaissance missions in the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, KC-135 tankers, supersonic T-38 Talons, F-15, F-18, T-37, C-12 and T-34. He has also served as a Space Operations Engineer for the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs. Mark has earned a BS in Earth Science and an MS in Systems Research and Development. His art has been exhibited at the Seattle Museum of Flight, American Airlines Museum in Dallas, Wichita Center for the Arts, Space Center Houston and in the Museum of Naval Aviation. His work is also in the USAF permanent collection in the Pentagon. He has the distinction of designing eight Space Shuttle mission patches.

John Sarsfield
John has been painting aviation subjects since the late sixties. He is an EAA Master Artist and an artist member of the ASAA, where he currently serves as Vice-President. His work has won awards at national and regional shows including those of the ASAA and EAA. "I find inspiration for my art in the field of aviation. Three things serve as my primary motivators. The first is the appreciation of the wonderful forms forced upon high speed aircraft by the environment and the laws of physics. Next come the "contraptions" of early aviation. In the early days, all sorts of flying machines took to the skies (or tried to !). They were fanciful collections of canvas, wire, bamboo and cotton. Many were truly bizarre, all were fascinating. Last and perhaps most important is our ability to see our familiar world from an unfamiliar perspective. This is the life blood of both the artist and the aviator".

David Schweitzer
David was born in Milwaukee in 1958. He has been drawing and painting since childhood believing that he would eventually make art his career. Dave graduated from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 1980. In his first years as an illustrator, Dave worked for advertising art studios in Milwaukee, Chicago and Waterloo, Iowa. He started his own business in 1986 and is currently represented worldwide by art reps in Chicago and Los Angeles. Some of his most recent clients include American Airlines, Kellogg’s, The National Football League and The Bradford Exchange. Dave has been a pilot since 1985 and is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association who awarded him their Master Artist Award in 2000. Dave has also been a member of the US Air Force Art Program since 1990 and travels with the Air Force, documenting his impressions on canvas. He has also been a member of the ASAA since 1998.

Norm Siegel
Norm is proud to have had a painting selected for every forum since joining the ASAA in 2000. Creative director of a "virtual" ad agency in Southport, CT, he spends most of his spare time painting aviation and astronomical subjects. This year, limited edition prints of his paintings will be available. Norm lives in Norwalk, CT with his wife Carol and two Springer spaniels, Maggie and Spencer.

Craig Slaff
Craig Slaff is renowned for his historical accuracy and technical detail. He is a graduate of Hartwick College with a degree in Fine Arts. His works have been shown in museums such as the Canadian Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum and Annapolis. Craig is an artist member of the American Society of Aviation artists and is also a member of the Coast Guard Art Collection. Craig’s works can be found in the board rooms of major corporations and in the homes of serious art collectors. His fascination with the interaction of man and machine, along with his love of history, has been the motivation for the subjects of his work.

Eldon P. Slick
Eldon is a self-taught artist who has been painting for 10 years with a focus on early-mid 20th century machines including aircraft, ships, race cars and factories. To gather documentation and inspiration for his paintings, Eldon annually visits the ghost airfields that become his subjects including Thorpe Abbotts, Eye, Dis, Corregidor, Pearl Harbor and others, for in his words, "Spiritual transfusion" and to offer his thanks to the men who animated these facilities in the past.

Thomas A. Smith
Thomas A. Smith has been a professional artist for more than 20 years, working out of his own studio while currently serving as the senior graphic designer for Airdyne Corporation; the world leader in digital flight displays. Tom began his career in the United States Air Force, serving 20 years until his retirement in 2001. He was lucky enough to be selected as the Art Director for the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the final 5 years of his career. His artistic interests are modern military aviation concentrating on the military demonstrations.

John Stahr
A graduate of the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, John launched a successful custom vehicle painting operation, Stahr Design, Inc. whose clientele include racing teams, entertainers, corporation, business and private clients. John finds inspiration for his art flying his Cessna 172 over the pristine Oregon countryside. John’s many projects, commissions, community projects and family efforts absorb the majority of his time. His most memorable flight was a 55 minute hop in the backseat of Blue Angel #7 at NAS Miramar in 1993. When the windsock gets installed it will be the sign that his new studio/gallery/hangar project is complete. Clients are welcome to make an appointment to visit and see his latest projects. Stahrart@aol.com or www.Stahrdesign.c o m .

Chris Szczepanski
I am a metalsmith. I hand peen, weld or braze, patina and mount interpretations of obscure images in both nature and technology. Examples of this diversity include Coelacanths, Viking Ships, Anasazi geometrics, Ravens, Mandalas and Aircraft of which there are usually no longer surviving examples. I work light, yet my bluing patina gives my art the appearance of wrought iron. Without detailing my pieces to extremes, I seek to translate their primitive strength and grace to present the respect of historic perspective. I craft recycled metals whenever possible. I live in Phoenix, enjoy reading, practice yoga, travel when I can and drink beer every day.

Charles Thompson
Charles retired from Ford Motor Company after 37 years as a stylist and now paints full time. His paintings have won numerous awards including Best of Show and the prestigious James V. Roy Award in the ASAA annual exhibitions in 1991 and 1999 respectively. He is past chairman of the British Guild of Aviation Artists, a founding member of the British Guild of Motoring Artists, EAA "Master Artist" and a member of the Canadian Aviation Art Association. Charles also enjoys the singular honor of regularly exhibiting his work at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London.

Phil Weisgerber
Phil Weisgerber was born and raised in Green Village, NJ and studied at the National Academy of Fine Art and Design, New York and the Art Center School, Los Angeles. He has interpreted TRW (now Northrop Grumman) products, concepts and programs for more than 35 years. His works appear in company brochures, advertisements, tradeshow displays and promotions. Paintings are also featured at museums, planetariums, NASA, the Pentagon, various military bases, as well as in private collections. Illustrations have appeared in domestic and international magazines and space and military-theme posters are in collections worldwide.

Andrew C. Whyte
Andrew C. Whyte grew up with a love of aviation instilled by his father, who flew with the RFC/RAF in WW I. In WW II Andy served with the US Navy Air Force. In1951 he joined Sikorsky Aircraft as a design engineer in the Advanced Design Group. He combined engineering and art in doing configuration work for all Sikorsky products. He produced hundreds of paintings for the Sikorsky Marketing and Engineering Departments during the last 48 years. He is a member of the Society of Illustrators in New York City, and the US Air Force Permanent Art Program, the Society of Marine Artists, the American Society of Portrait Artists and is the immediate past president of the ASAA. He is a charter member and artist fellow of ASAA. Andy’s paintings hang in numerous museums, including the New England Air Museum at Bradley Airport, private collections and the Pentagon. He has 22 paintings in the US Air Force Permanent Art Collection. Andy has received awards from the Simuflite Corporation, the Women in Aviation Society, the Experimental Aircraft Association, the ASAA and others.

Terry Williams
A retired Military Liason Officer to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Terry has completed commissions for numerous military commands and well as private collectors for over 30 years. He currently resides in Newman, Georgia.

Keith Woodcock
After initially pursuing a career in industrial and graphic design, Keith Woodcock decided in 1982 to fulfill his dream of becoming a full-time aviation artist. As a life- long aircraft enthusiast and modeler, he already had extensive experience in his chosen subject, allowing his paintings to display the necessary blend of authenticity and creativity. He is also keen to invoke an emotional response from viewers of his art. His work had been widely reproduced, being seen on postage stamps, book jackets, ceramic collectibles and limited edition prints. Most of his paintings are now specially commissioned by airlines, manufacturers and suppliers in the aviation industry, museums, air forces and private clients worldwide. He is a full member and former chairman of the Guild of Aviation Artists and an Artist Fellow of the American Society of Aviation Artists. He lectures and writes on the subject of aviation art and also gives demonstrations and critiques to general art societies.