Interested in WW2 artwork?

[Wily]

Hello.

I'm pretty much a lurker, but I forgot to make a post here that I'm sure at least one or two of you will find interesting.

I interview combat pilots and draw their airplanes.

Anyway, a few months ago, a woman contacted me and asked if I'd like to see the drawings her dad did in WW2.

He was a Norden technician in England and also a notorious doodler - his favorite medium were the envelopes used to write home to his young bride.

Anyway, these envelopes are about as cool as cool can be...and for the past 6 weeks, I've put a new one up on my site about every week or so.

I'm JUST getting ready to post a new one but thought I'd expand the readership a bit by posting in some forums that I haven't been at.

I do one at a time - and the link is the little envelope at the bottom of the page.

http://www.johnmollison.com

I hope you find these as fascinating as I do!

Best regards.

wily

PS - the artist's name is James Hester.

PSS - Most of his art features aircraft; the one that's up right NOW, features Hitler.

 

[Shinpachi]

Good drawings.
Thanks for sharing, Wily.

 

[RabidAlien]

Wow. I'm impressed! Any way to view all of them?

 

[Wily]

Hello, RabidAlien (love the name)

It was a tough decision - to put them all up or one at a time...and the decision was in the envelope itself. He sent them one at a time, they'll be displayed just like that.

Though there's a chance they'll be acquired by a museum and displayed in groups, I think the surprise and fun of seeing "what's next?!" is just too hard to overlook.

I'll put a new one up tomorrow (I hope).

Thank you for commenting. Your posts mean a lot to the family, too.

 

[syscom3]

Thats interesting.

Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing Willy!

 

[Wily]

Another WW2 letter is up.

http://www.johnmollison.com

Click on the envelope on the bottom of the page.

I've been reading about the Okinawa campaign - I think it's tinged my thinking a bit.

But it's a hell of a sketch.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Those are cool Willy Thank you for sharing.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Cool!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wily, I do not have a problem with you posting the letter art, but you do not need to start a new thread for each and every letter that you put up. You can just as easily do so in the original thread.

I will merge these two threads now into one...

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

I second what has been said above.

 

[Wily]

http://www.johnmollison.com/

Click the envelope on the bottom - posted 12/17.

 

[RabidAlien]

 

[vikingBerserker]

very cool!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

8)
That was cool.


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[Screaming Eagle]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Willy I am asking you again to stop starting a new post each time you "post up a new letter".

There is no problem with you posting this stuff, but you only need one thread to do all of this. You do not need to start a new thread each time!

I will again merge the threads into one. This will be the last time however...

 

[Wily]

Hello!

A quick blizzard shut down travel so I took the moment to put up another of Sgt. James Hester's "WW2 Letters" on my website.

Click on the little envelope on the bottom of the page.

http://www.johnmollison.com

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Looks good Wily.


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