Aviation Art

• LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT By Rich Thistle©

  LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 30"x23" $8000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $570
  1937 Beech D17R Staggerwing & 1934 Ford Coupe

• D-DAY SWEEP By Rich Thistle©

  D-DAY SWEEP By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 30"x20" $4000
  Limited-Edition Print $570
  Mk IX Spitfires 411 Sqn. RCAF Normandy, D-Day, June 1944, WWII

• TOUGH & READY THE MEMPHIS BELLE By Rich Thistle©

  TOUGH & READY THE MEMPHIS BELLE By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 30" x 25" $510
  B-17F 24485 Flying Fortress 324BS 91BG 8th AF

• DON'T CLIMB, DON'T DIVE, JUST TURN By Rich Thistle©

  DON'T CLIMB, DON'T DIVE, JUST TURN By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting  38"x29" $10000
  Limited-Edition Print $630
  Spitfire Mk IV b & Bf 109F-2 ‘Special' - A. Galland

• COASTING IN By Rich Thistle©

  COASTING IN By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 24" x 18" $370
  DHC BEAVER

• BEAVER MEADOW By Rich Thistle©

  BEAVER MEADOW By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 24" x 18" $370
  Beaver DH on floats

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• CL-215T SAVING THE FOREST By Rich Thistle©

  CL-215T SAVING THE FOREST By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 36"x24" $3000
  Limited-Edition Print $570
  Canadian built Canadair 'fire-bomber' amphibian (turbo-prop powered model)

• NIGHT PROWLER By Rich Thistle©

  NIGHT PROWLER By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 29" x 21" $510
  Bristol Beaufighter VI 406 Sqn.

• EAGLE STREET By Rich Thistle©

  EAGLE STREET By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 30"x25" $3000
  Limited-Edition Print $570
  F15 C Eagle 1st Tactical Fighter Wing USAF, air superiority fighter, Persian Gulf War 1991

• DIEPPE DAWN By Rich Thistle©

  DIEPPE DAWN By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 36"x28" $4000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $570
  Canadian RCAF 416 (Lynx) Sqn. cannon-armed Spitfire V, Dieppe, Aug. 19, 1942, WWII, destroyed three FW190s & Sqn. Leader Lloyd Chadburn got a 'probable' on a Ju88. His skill & leadership earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, making 416 Sqn. pilots the most successful RCAF fighter squadron of the day.

• THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM By Rich Thistle©

  THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 23"x30" $2800
  bare metal B-17G Flying Fortress, US 8th Air Force bomber aircraft, WWII

• HORNETS OVER THE GULF By Rich Thistle©

  HORNETS OVER THE GULF By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 22"x29" $4000
  Limited-Edition Print $510
  CF 18A Hornets flying combat patrol 1991 Persian Gulf War

• FALCON OF MALTA By Rich Thistle©

  FALCON OF MALTA By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 20"x24" $4000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $360
  Canadian WWII ace George 'Buzz' Beurling, nicknamed 'Falcon of Malta' with his (tropicalized) Spitfire Mk V

• FACE TO FACE By Rich Thistle©

  FACE TO FACE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 25"x18" $2000
  1976 Grumman American Cheetah overflies Mount Rushmore

• SUNSET SOLITUDE By Rich Thistle©

  SUNSET SOLITUDE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 22"x29" $4000
  Limited-Edition Print $510
  Bellanca CH 300 Pacemaker on floats

• MANNED MISSILE By Rich Thistle©

  MANNED MISSILE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 22"x15" $2800
  double portrait of an RCAF F-104G Starfighter, tactical reconnaissance

• NERVOUS ENERGY By Rich Thistle©

  NERVOUS ENERGY By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 30"x22" $2800
  beautifully restored P51-D Mustang on display Muirkirk ON air show in 1995

• FINAL VICTORY By Rich Thistle©

  FINAL VICTORY By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition PRINT 20" x 26.75" $420
  Manfred VonRichthofen Fokker Dr. I Triplane / Sopwith Camel April 20 /1918

• FAST WOMAN By Rich Thistle©

  FAST WOMAN By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 20"x14" $2600
  B17 F Flying Fortress of 359th Bomber Sqn. US 8th Air Force...completed 154 missions in WWII

• STRAINING AT THE LEASH By Rich Thistle©

  STRAINING AT THE LEASH By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor Painting 19"x25" $2300
  Limited-Edition PRINT $510
  Beaver DHC-2 float-plane

• THE LONG ROAD HOME By Rich Thistle©

  THE LONG ROAD HOME By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 40"x30" $4000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $630
  Canadian built Lancaster Mk X bomber, WWII

• FOX IN THE HENHOUSE By Rich Thistle©

  FOX IN THE HENHOUSE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 40"x28" $12000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $630
  Canada's George 'Buzz' Beurling DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar, highest scoring WWII ace, in a Spitfire Vc, flying last sortie, Oct. 24, 1942 Battle of Malta

• INTO THE WIND By Rich Thistle©

  INTO THE WIND By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 22"x25" $3000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $510
  Canadian Robert Hampton 'Hammy' Gray, VC, DSC final sortie in Corsair 115 from HMS Formidable Aug. 9, 1945, the same day the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, WWII

• QUARRY IN THE MOONPATH BY Rich Thistle©

  QUARRY IN THE MOONPATH BY Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 31"x25" $4000
  Limited-Edition Print $720
  F/O Kenneth O. Moore RCAF, DSO, American Silver Star, in B-24 Liberator, sinks 2 German subs in 22 minutes, June 8, 1944 off the coast of France, WWII

• THE QUEEN RETURNS By Rich Thistle©

  THE QUEEN RETURNS By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic 31"x22" $4000
  tribute to 424 Sqn. 6 Group, RCAF Halifax Mk III bomber, WWII

• JULIES JEWEL By Rich Thistle©

  JULIES JEWEL By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 24"x18" $3200
  Julie Clark's Beech T-34A Mentor - a solo aerobatic performer since 1980 with 28,000+ hours of accident-free flying & rating in 65+ aircraft types - 2002 inducted into 'Women In aviation Hall of Fame'

• GULF PATROL By Rich Thistle ©

  GULF PATROL By Rich Thistle ©
  Original Watercolor 20" x 13" $1500
  CF 18A Hornet fighter-bomber on patrol during the 1991 Persian Gulf War

• ULTIMATE HEAVY By Rich Thistle©

  ULTIMATE HEAVY By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 22"x24" $3000
  Limited-Edition Print $510
  US Air Force USAF B-52 Stratofortress, Linebacker II campaign, Vietnam War

• TRIBUTE TO COURAGE By Rich Thistle©

  TRIBUTE TO COURAGE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 32"x26" $9000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $570
  RCN Flower Class Corvette, 'Arrowhead', RCAF Spitfire Mk IX, RCA Sherman M4A2 tank, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII

• INTO THE BLUE By Rich Thistle©

  INTO THE BLUE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic 30"x21" $4000
  3 of the aircraft lost in the 1993 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum fire - Hurricane MkIIb / Avenger 3TBM-3E / Spit MkIX

• DREAM MACHINE By Rich Thistle©

  DREAM MACHINE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 32"x22" $3000
  Avro Arrow #201, first of five flying Canadian designed & built CF-105 supersonic delta-wing interceptors

• AVRO ARROW By Rich Thistle©

  AVRO ARROW By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 21"x25" $2200
  double portrait of the CF-105 Avro Arrow, the legendary Canadian supersonic interceptor

• HUNTER By Rich Thistle©

  HUNTER By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 32"x24" $3000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $570
  Canadian WWI ace Billy Bishop in his S.E.5a biplane

• 438 WILDCATS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE By Rich Thistle©

  438 WILDCATS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 34" x 24" $4000
  Limited-Edition Print $570
  RCAF 438 Sqn. Typhoon IBs (fighter-bombers) WW2

• ANGELS THIRTY By Rich Thistle©

  ANGELS THIRTY By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic 23"x30" $2400
  RCAF 400 Sqn. Spitfire Mk XI photo-reconnaissance WWII

• BLUE VAULT By Rich Thistle©

  BLUE VAULT By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic 32"x22" $2800
  Mk IX Spitfires (VZ-F) Canadian Charlie Fox, Biggin Hill Wing 1944 & squadron mate enjoying non-combat flying WWII

• POINTS NORTH By Rich Thistle©

  POINTS NORTH By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 20"x14" $1800
  Maule MX-7 amphibian on 2500 floats at a fishing & hunting camp on Memewin Lake, Quebec, near the Ontario border

• BIRDS OF A FEATHER By Rich Thistle©

  BIRDS OF A FEATHER By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 21" x 14" $2500
  P51 Mustangs WWII long-range escort -fighter-bomber, restored & privately owned

• KINDRED SPIRITS By Rich Thistle©

  KINDRED SPIRITS By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 30"x24" $8000
  Limited-Edition PRINT $570
  Waco 10 biplane and 1939 Harley Davidson EL Knucklehead motorcycle

• 408 CLOUD COMPANIONS By Rich Thistle©

  408 CLOUD COMPANIONS By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic 27" x 20" $3000
  RCAF Handley Page Hampden & Lancaster MkII, WWII

• BEDDED DOWN By Rich Thistle©

  BEDDED DOWN By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 24"x18" $2400
  Stearman primary trainer, US Army Air Corps biplane, WWII (at time of painting, this aircraft was owned & flown by Mike Dale, president of Jaguar North America)

• PRAIRIE TAILCHASE By Rich Thistle©

  PRAIRIE TAILCHASE By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 32" x 22" $510
  Noorduyn Harvard MkII's Medicine Hat/AB/1943/44

• FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS By Rich Thistle©

  FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic 30"x20" $3200
  Mom learns to fly in a Cessna 150 Commuter

• VICTORY OVER KISKA By Rich Thistle©

  VICTORY OVER KISKA By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 36" x 26" $570
  P-40 Kitty Hawks & Japanese Rufe/Zero

• ANNIES STRAIGHT & LEVEL By Rich Thistle©

  ANNIES STRAIGHT & LEVEL By Rich Thistle©
  Original Watercolor 16"x12" $1800
  Avro Anson trainers WWII British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

• RACING WITH THE MOON By Rich Thistle©

  RACING WITH THE MOON By Rich Thistle©
  Limited-Edition Fine-Art Print 24" x 18" $370
  Stearman USN markings (owner/pilot at time of painting was Mike Musielski USA)

• TYPHOONS BEATING UP THE AUTOBAHN By Rich Thistle©

  TYPHOONS BEATING UP THE AUTOBAHN By Rich Thistle©
  Original Acrylic Painting 48"x21" $2800
  438 Sqn. RCAF Typhoon 1bs going after targets of opportunity on the Autobahn WW2