William Phillips When You See Zeros, Fight Em Canvas
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NOTES: A warhorse needn't be pretty - it earns its oats in combat. The design of Japan's elegant Mitsubishi Zero may have enabled it to out-fly the Grumman F4F Wildcat on paper. Armor, self-sealing fuel tanks, a superior ceiling and dive rate led to the development of combat tactics that made the Wildcat a dangerous opponent. And when men like Marine Corps Captain Joseph J. Foss were behind the stick, it couldn't be outfought.
William S. Phillips When You See Zeros, Fight Em depicts October 23, 1943 in the skies over Guadalcanal, when 28 Japanese Zeros and 16 Betty bombers swarmed over the island. Foss and his men were in the skies to counter attack. At one point, a Wildcat in pursuit of a Zero became potential prey himself, pursued by another Zero. Seeing this, Foss brought his plane in behind to within a few feet of the Zero and opened fire. The Zero burst into flames and the pilot bailed out, clearing Foss' plane by inches.
Foss had a great appreciation for the Wildcat"ï`s sturdy airframe. After his first victory, he got separated from his wingman"Doften a fatal mistake. Zeros ""bounced"" him and he dove for the deck, recalling that the Japanese planes were said to shed their wings in a dive. Wrong. ""The wings didn""t come off,"" reported Joe, ""and they really salted me."" Well-riddled, he crash-landed his Wildcat and remembered the lesson.
Foss would claim that wasn't a good shot. "I just got up there and stuck those guns up his tail. When you see Zeros," he told his squadron, "fight em." He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his indomitable fighting spirit in the skies over Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942. In just 63 days he shot down 26 planes.
When You See Zeros, Fight Em, an Anniversary Edition Giclee Canvas, is a gorgeous tribute to Marine Corps Ace Joseph J. Foss and the unsubduable F4F Wildcat.
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When You See Zeros, Fight Em Canvas by William Phillips is signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
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William Phillips bio
"Phillips grew up loving art but never thought he could make it his livelihood. At college he majored in criminology and had been accepted into law school when four of his paintings were sold at an airport restaurant. That was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter. Bill Phillips is now a renowned aviation artist and the landscape artist of choice for many collectors. Bill's strengths as a landscape painter, a respect and reverence for a time and place, help him when painting aviation as well as classic landscapes. Phillips often spends days observing landscape subjects. Finding companionship with the land, he is able to convey the boundlessness of nature on the painted canvas inspiring a reverence for the natural landscape in its beholders. After one of his paintings was presented to King Hussein of Jordan, Phillips was commissioned by the Royal Jordanian Air Force. He developed sixteen major paintings, many of which now hang in the Royal Jordanian Air Force Museum in Amman. The Smithsonian Institution s National Air and Space Museum presented a one-man show of Phillips work in 1986. He is one of only a few artists to have been so honored. In 1988, Phillips was chosen to be a U.S. Navy combat artist. For his outstanding work, the artist was awarded the Navy s Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force Sergeants Association s Americanism Medal. At the prestigious annual fund raiser for the National Park Service, Bill s work has been included in the Top 100 each year he has entered the competition and his work has won the Art History Award twice. Phillips was selected as the Fall 2004 Artist in Residence at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and tapped by the U.S. Postal Service to paint the stamp illustrations and header design for a pane of twenty stamps in 1997 entitled Classic American Aircraft. He was chosen again in 2005 for a pane of twenty stamps (ten designs) entitled American Advances in Aviation."
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