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- Model: FinePix A700
- Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
- Date/Time Original: 03/07/2009 14:16:51
- Aperture Value: F2.8
- Flash: Flash did not fire, auto
- Focal Length: 8.0 mm
Oil on canvas, 2009.
Sometimes as an artist, I get an image full-blown in my mind; that was the case here. Composition, lighting, hues.
I
needed some details for the biplanes. So I did a bit of online poking,
and found the story of a true Canadian adventurer, perfect to add to my
concept painting.
Major William George "Billy" Barker was a World War 1 flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient who flew Sopwith Camels against German
Fokkers.
Although I could not find any information indicating he fought against the infamous Red Baron,
Manfred Von Richtofen,
I thought these two ace pilots would heighten the drama in this
alternate history. Of course, Major Billy Barker has a trick up those
RAF sleeves: his fighting
pterosaur squadron, made up of
Quetzalcoatlus northropi.
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