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Mjr. Barker + Pterosaur Squad by *theflyingtrilobite:icontheflyingtrilobite:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Illustration > Conceptual

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Major Billy Barker & his Pterosaur Squadron, oil on canvas. By Glendon Mellow, 2009. A submission for the Pterosaur Gallery.

The paint is still wet, thus, the photo at a weird angle to prevent glare. My piece inadvertently has ties to the Pterosaur Gallery's launch coinciding with Canada Day.

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.

Happy Canada Day!

(you can also read a bit more about this painting at my artblog, The Flying Trilobite.

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(edit- I put up a nicer version of the painting-GM)

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~baragon2001 Jun 30, 2009, 7:53:18 PM
oh he fought the top ace of the war the Red Baron

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was that civilazed ,no,fun yes
"In Absentia Luci, Tenebrae Vincunt"
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~JacquelineRae Jul 1, 2009, 7:14:36 AM
wow. just... wow! :D

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je suis les meubles.
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*theflyingtrilobite Jul 1, 2009, 10:38:55 AM
Thanks!

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*theflyingtrilobite Jul 1, 2009, 10:39:41 AM
The Red Baron is zooming in...I haven't found anything that said Barker fought him in real life though.

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~Sphenacodon Jul 1, 2009, 9:45:35 PM
Whee! Pterosaurs have just been taken to a new level of awesome. Where are the tyrannosaurs in F-15s? :)

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For various biological musings and sundry notions, visit my blog, the quixotically-titled The World We Don't Live In.

Knowledge = Power = Energy = Matter = Mass
---- Terry Pratchett
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~baragon2001 Jul 2, 2009, 7:08:30 AM
oh i did a report about the red baron thats why i know alot about him

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was that civilazed ,no,fun yes
"In Absentia Luci, Tenebrae Vincunt"
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*theflyingtrilobite Jul 3, 2009, 8:34:03 PM
Ha! I love that you've taken to the painting in the right spirit.

Perhaps it opens up a wider storyline after all.

Thanks, Sphenacodon.

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Mood: Love ~dinodude0091 Jul 4, 2009, 9:49:13 AM
Pterosaurs + WWII dogfights = EPIC AWESOME-NESS!!!
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*theflyingtrilobite Jul 4, 2009, 1:43:24 PM
Thanks Dinodude0091!

I may see if I can squeeze a few more pieces like this into my schedule.

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