Those Clouds Won't Help You Now 1983 - HS by Marion Carl

Year1983

Hand SignedLower Right Phillips, Lower Left Carl 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassSilver Metal Frame With Plexiglass 

Purchased fromOther 2023 

Provenance / HistoryPurchased from Airport Galleries in Dallas, Texas. 

Story / Additional InfoAction over Rabaul, December 1943: Major Marion E. Carl, commander of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF223, flying escort for Marine B-25 bombers. A Japanese “Tony” jumps the bombers, and Carl closes in. The Japanese plane is hit on Carl’s first pass, hence the name of the image: “Those Clouds Won’t Help You Now.” For Maj. Carl, later General Carl, it was his seventeenth victory. Signed By Marine Fighter Major Marion E. Carl 

Certificate of AuthenticityAirport Gallery 

LID164250

William Phillips - United States

Art Brokerage: William Phillips American Artist: William Phillips painted his first nostalgic piece, a painting of an old car with a rumble seat crossing a wooden bridge, in 1975. The Phillips Bay series of landscape paintings was introduced in 1998, and since that time he's explored the neighborhoods of Dogwood County in loving detail, from the 1930's through the difficult days of WWII, to the present day. Each painting holds clues that reveal the era it depicts-look for vintage autos and boats, or the evolving infrastructure and landscaping of the village itself. Phillips' fans know to look for an aircraft in his paintings; a friendly little nod to his other love, aviation. Over the course of his amazingly successful thirty-year career in aviation art, Phillips' thrilling portraits of military and civilian aircraft have placed him firmly at the top of this competitive field and garnered national recognition, including a one-man show at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. This retrospective show of over forty paintings subsequently toured the country to great acclaim. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.