Memphis Belle

by Jim Gerkin

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$600

Dimensions

27.500 x 19.750 inches

Title

Memphis Belle

Artist

Jim Gerkin

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

On May 17, 2018, the completely and beautifully restored Memphis Belle was unveiled at its new home in the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. We went to see it shortly thereafter and I was totally blown away. The Memphis Belle is, of course, the famous B-17 that completed 25 missions over Germany during WWII and then returned to the U.S. for a publicity and war bond tour. As an artist, I always speak about the beauty of a place or a space or thing or a person, as inspiring me to paint. That is true here as this airplane truly is a beautiful thing. But in this case there is much more that inspired me...the crew of the MB particularly, but all the crews of all the B-17's who flew all of the missions that turned the war effort, many thousands of whom gave their lives, they inspire me. The decision makers who brought the MB to the Air Force Museum, they inspire me. All of the people who participated in the marvelous restoration...they inspire me. The people who came to see and marvel at what these flyers did in this airplane, they inspire me. I believe in remembering, in honoring and in memorializing our heroes. This painting is my homage to the crews, the plane and to those who gave us this wonderful icon.~Jim

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May 29th, 2021

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