by Joel R. Simpson

Artwork Description

HERC OVER THE HINDU KUSH

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A very familiar sight for many service men and women having served in Afghanistan was a Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The C-130 was one of many US aircraft which performed the unimaginable task of sustaining a massive army of US and Allied personnel in the field for close to 20 years. Designed in the 1950s, next to the Boeing B-52 Bomber, the C-130 Hercules is the second oldest aircraft in the US Military's inventory. No longer manufactured, the Herc has been undergoing modernization programs for the past 30 years, new avionics, flight controls, radars, sensors, new engines, propellers, etc... have all extended the lifespan of the aircraft for another 20 years. Seen here, the Herc is flying over one of the world's most treacherous mountain ranges in the world know as the "Kindu-Kush", translated as The Killer of Hindus. In panting silhouettes, one may think all you need to do is to paint a black filled outline shape of the object and that's it. In this painting, many of the dark features which appear "black" is actually a mixture of reds, blues, purples, and black. I enjoy doing paintings where the lines between light and dark are quite dramatic as in this particular piece of work.

Artwork Details

Medium: Painting Acrylic

Genre: Figurative