Here is a sampling of the talents of the aviation artist members of the CAAA.

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Winning entries of ArtFlight 2007

1st Place: "HotSeat on Cool Blue" JohnWalmsley (CAAA)	2nd Place:"Mitchell's Masterpiece" Martin Myers (CAAA)	3rd Place: "Mirage" D'Arcy MacEachern (CAAA)
Hon Mention: "Hannibal Found!" Geoff Bennett(CAAA)	Hon Mention: "Canadian Triumph" ONI (Bob Onufreychuk)	Hon Mention: "Traces" Ardell Bourgeois (CAAA)
Special Jury Award: "Concorde" Jake Nesbitt

CAAA ARTIST'S GALLERY

Marc Barceloux

Allan Botting

Colin Bowley

Don and Liane Connolly

Don was a major proponent in the founding of the CAAA and has served several years as president and then another five as editor of the CAAA newsletter, AerialViews. He is currently the CAAA Eastern Ontario Regional Coordinator and Membership Secretary. Liane has also been an active member and supporter of the CAAA since its inception serving ably for many years as the CAAA Treasurer. Don's work is widely distributed and can be found in many museums, such as the Canada Aviation Museum, the Canada War Museum, the British Columbia Aviation Museum, the RCAF Museum and the USN Aviation Museum. Don specializes in capturing aviation history on canvas and extensively researches his paintings to ensure accuracy. He is a a former RCAF navigator and is recognized for his expertise in both aviation art and history.He describes himself as "an aviation nut who paints". The Connolly's reside in Sydenham (near Kingston), Ontario.

Helene Croft

Tim Deacon is a recent new member of the CAAA. Originally from Kingston Ontario, Tim studied Fine Arts at Concordia University and like all CAAA members has always had a deep appreciation of Aviation Art. Tim presently enjoys a career in the Animation Industry as a freelance artist and animation director and now resides with his family in Toronto Ontario.

Chris Driver

Chris is a founding member of the CAAA and a past Vice-President and assistant editor of AerialViews. Chris is a retired college teacher and served in the RAF briefly in his native England. Chris has been a very active member of the CAAA and has had a major role in many CAAA projects. Chris has been involved with a variety of organizations such as the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, radio controlled modellers and motor racing associations. He works mainly in acrylics on aviation, motor racing and wildlife themes. Chris resides in Kingston, Ontario.

John Greaves

Paul Houle

Paul Houle started out as an artist enrolled in the University of Guelph Fine Arts Program. After only one year he departed in pursuit of his passion for flying. Paul has been a commercial pilot since 1994 and in the last few years has revisited his art. Paul has been published in books and has worked on private commissions. His medium of choice is acrylic and black ink. His most recent works have tended to be what he considers "aircraft portraits". His goals are to break away from the portraits and do paintings that have more background scenery. Paul currently works in acrylic paint but is eager to learn oils and try new things.
He can be reached at paulandstacey@rogers.com

Charles Kadin

Charles is a founding member of the CAAA and a past president. Following a highly successful career spanning fifty years in the graphic arts, Charles began a second career pursuing his interest in aviation history and aviation art. Since 1986 his work has been exhibited by the ASAA, CAAA, CAE Simuflite, Canada Aviation Museum, and has won a number of awards at these juried competitions. His work has been published in aviation magazines. Over the past fifteen years he has contributed over ten works to the USAF Art Program. Charles resides in Toronto,Ontario.

Robert Kaley

B Frank Oord

John Owens

A retired Industrial Mechanic Millwright from Cambridge Ontario, John was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1936. Upon finishing school at 15 he completed a 5 year apprenticeship as a machine fitter. He served 2 years in the British Army(' 57 -' 59) with the Royal Engineers. John emigrated to Canada in 1966 and worked in the auto industry for 32 years as a Maintenance Mechanic. John is a self taught artist who has developed his skills over years of painting as a hobby - with the exception of some part time sign painting for a few years. John got more involved with drawing and painting when he retired but has never sold any of his art. As he states, " I like marine subjects....I also build model radio controlled ships and boats. Being a member CAAA and in the company of so many fine artists is inspiring me to do better in all of my artwork. Problem is ....where is all this spare time I'm supposed to have as a retiree?"

Priscilla Messner-Patterson

Priscilla Messner-Patterson and her husband make their home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. After living for 23 years on rugged Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, they welcome views of farmland, mountains and seacoast as well as the sunny days of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley two hours northwest of Seattle. While in Kodiak, Priscilla taught art at Kodiak College for nearly 18 years. She painted wildlife, landscapes and still life before she began specializing in aviation related subjects in 1994. She is an award winning member of the American Society of Aviation Artists. She is also a member of the Canadian Aviation Artists Association and the Coast Guard Art Program. She has painted the Coast Guard at work in the air and aboard ships. Her husband, a former Navy and U.S. Fish & Wildlife pilot is her "best friend, biggest help and toughest critic."

Original paintings are featured in Alaska, Canada and the lower 48 states. Priscilla is one of forty women in business featured in the 2002 Alaska Journal of Commerce and has won numerous awards and honors in the aviation art community including the American Society of Aviation Artists, Simuflite and Aviation Week and Space Technology. Her work is available regularly at The Blue Whole Gallery, an artists' cooperative, in Sequim, Washington.

Ken Park

Cher Pruys

Cher Pruys is a self taught artist whose chosen mediums are acrylic and watercolor. Her subject matter varies, but her main passion is painting the bushplanes native to her home in Northwestern Ontario. Her works hang in private collections, museums and corporate offices worldwide. Numerous articles have been written about Cher and her works. She has graced the covers of numerous magazines, as well as 2 book covers. Cher is an artist member of both the CAAA and the ASAA.

Gabriel Ruest

Paul Seguna

Paul is a founding member of the CAAA and past Regional Coordinator and Vice-President. Paul serves as the CAAA Public Relations Officer and Chairman of the PR Committee. He is also the CAAA Webmaster. Paul was born in Australia and has traveled widely both internationally and within Canada as a member of the Canadian Forces. He is currently a reserve Public Affairs Officer in the rank of Commander (Lieut-Colonel). He resides in the community of Lavington (near Vernon), British Columbia, in the North Okanagan Valley region of the southern interior of the province.

Tom Sinclair

Robert St Pierre An aviation aficionado since a young age, Robert has always been involved with different activities to promote aviation. In the early 80s he would form the historical group Canadian Roundel Wings and in May 1984 he would organize the first gathering of 15 Canadian aviation artists from all across the country during the Montreal Int’l Air show at Mirabel airport in May 1984. A total of 84 paintings were on exhibition during 3 days. One of the invited artist said to him “You have just started something!” From 1985 through the mid 1990s, he was part of the air operation team for the Montreal Int’l Air show.He was one of the founding member’s of the CAAA in1996 and Québec’s Regional Coordinator. January 1999 he would put on line the first website for the CAAA. In the year 2000 he would host the CAAA Convention in Montreal with Québec members.He is a member of the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre in Montreal and Toronto Aerospace Museum. He enjoys aviation photography. Some of his pictures have been used in aviation publications. His pictures can be seen at: http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=8189 In is every day work, which is also related to aviation, he’s an Operational Support Specialist at the St-Hubert Control tower.His aviation painting collection includes works from members and friends of the aviation art community. Although not an artist member himself some paintings by CAAA artists held in Bob's private collection have been added to this gallery as an example of Bob's enthusiasm for aviation art.

Bruce Thomas

Bruce was born in Toronto and since graduated from the Ontario College of Art has been a practicing visual artist and instructor with over 35 years of experience. His artwork has been extensively exhibited in over 30 solo shows and he has held various positions in support of the art community such as Chair of the Tom Thompson Memorial Gallery Acquisition Committee and Education Coordinator at Vancouver's Arts, Science and Technology Centre. Bruce resides in Sidney, British Columbia.

Charles Thompson

Charles is a prize winning aviation artist with an extensive 37 year background as a designer with the Ford Motor Company. After taking early retirement Charles has devoted himself to his passion for aviation and aviation art. Charles is an Artist Fellow of the American Society of Aviation Artists and has won several prestigious awards with the ASAA. He is also a member of the UK Guild of Aviation Artists having served as a past president. His artwork is held by private collections worldwide and has been published in numerous publications. He is a master in the use of light in his artwork. Charles resides in the United Kingdom.

Steve Tournay

Ronald Wong

Ronald's name needs little introduction to the aircrew of military bases in Western Europe and the United States, for whom his precise and dramatic artwork has been a familiar presence for many years. His original training in Britain was in Biochemistry, and it was only after years of service in the Health Service that he decided to embark on a career in painting, in particular of a childhood love, aviation.

He is a long-standing Member of the Guild of Aviation Artists in the UK, where he has won many prizes over the years, and also of the American Society of Aviation Artists. Aside from the numerous paintings he has achieved over the years which hang all over the world, he has to date published some 170 runs of lithographic prints, which must be something of a record for an individual artist. Apart from aviation, his artistic interests range from motoring and marine art to portraiture, animals and landscapes.