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Please welcome new member Jeff Stephenson to the CAAA Main Gallery

Jeff is a photographer and has added four new images to the gallery.

Added 26 Mar 18

Peter Robichaud has added three new paintings to the CAAA Main Gallery

Peter Robichaud has added three more paintings of military aircraft to our gallery.

Added 06 Mar 18

AerialViews Vol 23 #1, February 2018

The February issue of AerialViews, the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Aerospace Artists Association (CAAA) has been mailed out to members. If you want to receive this fine publication, all you have to do is join CAAA. It is included with your membership and is sent out quarterly to associate members, artist members and institutional members.

Highlights of this issue include:

All About Pigments - Additives
Varnishing Watercolours?
Looking Back - Uncle Sam's Spitfires
The Thread's the Thing - All About Canvas
Optical Mixing
The Painting Process

Plus more news and photos!

Added 22 Feb 18

Peter Robichaud has added three new paintings to the CAAA Main Gallery

Peter Robichaud has added three more paintings of RCAF military aircraft to our gallery.

Added 11 Feb 18

Please welcome new CAAA member Grant Gulland to the CAAA Main Gallery

Grant starts off with six acrylic paintings of military and civil aviation subjects

Added 17 Dec 17

Eric Mitchell has added a painting to the CAAA Main Gallery

This watercolour depicts two 416 Squadron Voodoos in an early morning departure from CFB Chatham, New Brunswick.

Added 03 Dec 17

AerialViews Vol 22 #4, November 2017

The November issue of AerialViews, the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Aerospace Artists Association (CAAA) has been mailed out to members. If you want to receive this fine publication, all you have to do is join CAAA. It is included with your membership and is sent out quarterly to associate members, artist members and institutional members.

Highlights of this issue include:

New President Dale MacMullin
2017 Conference Report
All About Pigments - Brown, The Good Earth
Looking Back - The Curtiss-Reid Rambler
Minutes of the CAAA Annual General Meeting
The Importance of Drawing

Plus more news and photos!

Added 23 Nov 17

Peter Robichaud has added six new paintings to the CAAA Main Gallery

Peter Robichaud has added six more paintings of RCAF military aircraft to our gallery.

Added 17 Nov 17

Please welcome new member Ken Mallett to the CAAA Main Gallery

Ken is from Edmonton, Alberta and works in graphite and oil and he has three images in the gallery, along with a link to his website.

Added 06 Nov 17

ASAA Call For Entries

The American Society of Aviation Artists has issued a Call For Entries for the 2018 International Aerospace Art Exhibition to be held at the Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California from Apr 22- July 31, 2018. Selected works will be the best submitted by artists from around the world. In addition to ASAA sponsored awards, prizes sponsored by Boeing, ForeFeathers Enterprises, & Winsor-Newton will be awarded. This Exhibition is open to ASAA members as well as non-members. To download a printable form, click here.

Added 17 Oct 17

AerialViews Vol 22 #3, August 2017

The August issue of AerialViews, the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Aerospace Artists Association (CAAA) has been mailed out to members. If you want to receive this fine publication, all you have to do is join CAAA. It is included with your membership and is sent out quarterly to associate members, artist members and institutional members.

Highlights of this issue include:

Shapes, Values and Edges
Fighter Generation - What Does it Mean
All About Pigments - Violet, The Victorian Rage
Matching Colours
The Framer's Shop - Adhesives for Artwork
Masking Fluids for Watercolours
Imprimatura

Plus more news and photos!

Added 19 Aug 17

Congratulations to members Priscilla Messner-Patterson and Cher Pruys

Both have won awards at the 2017 American Society of Aviation Artists annual Awards. Priscilla won the Winsor and Newton award for her painting "Step Carefully" and a third place in the General category for her watercolour "Vacancy". Cher took second place in the Military category for "Shine On". All the entrants and winning entries can be viewed on the ASAA Web site.

Added 12 Jul 17

Colin E. Bowley has added new paintings to the CAAA Main Gallery

Colin E. Bowley has added two paintings of early British Columbia aircraft to our gallery.

Added 15 Jun 17

AerialViews Vol 22 #2, May 2017

The May issue of AerialViews, the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Aerospace Artists Association (CAAA) has been mailed out to members. If you want to receive this fine publication, all you have to do is join CAAA. It is included with your membership and is sent out quarterly to associate members, artist members and institutional members.

Highlights of this issue include:

Vimy Ridge Commemoration
Black is Beautiful
All About Pigments - Rebirth and Renewal
Shadows 2.0
Mixing Lively Neutrals

Plus more news and photos!

Added 20 May 17

Peter Robichaud has added new paintings to the CAAA Main Gallery

Peter Robichaud has added three more paintings of RCAF cold war era jets to our gallery.

Added 15 May 17

Dan Provencher has added a new painting to the CAAA Main Gallery

Member Dan Provencher has added a new CF-101B Voodoo painting to our gallery.

Added 11 May 17

Peter Robichaud has added new paintings to the CAAA Main Gallery

Peter Robichaud has added four paintings of RCAF cold war era jets to our gallery.

Added 29 Jan 17

AerialViews Vol 22 #1, Feb 2017

Looking Back: The Avro Anson
New SAR Aircraft for Canada
All About Pigments - Named for a Fruit Tree
Atmospheric Perspective
Making a Watercolour
The Ultimate Limited Palette

Plus more news and photos!

Added 28 Jan 17