In honor of the Marines that fought across all the islands of the Pacific during World War 2. From a photo taken at Tarawa. My grandfather John Thalman was a Seabee in the Pacific.
Posters available at https://www.zazzle.com/tarawa_sand_poster-228669373076080800?rf=238065061845800527
20”x 16” prints for sale now for $250 each. Only 20 will be printed. Two sold already. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a shot from my ledger where I track my prints. I use PayPal so I will need an email address for payment. Shipping in the US is included in the price. […]
20”x 16” prints for sale now for $250 each. Only 20 will be printed. Just sold print #3. 17 more left. Thanks Uly! Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a shot from my ledger where I track my prints. I use PayPal for payment. Shipping in the US is included in the price. Send me a message if you are interested and thanks for taking a look!
The 2nd Armored Division in France 1944 from a National Archive photo. Public domain. I believe I have correctly identified the piano maker as Henri Herz made in Paris.
Hand painted in Procreate on iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. 107 hours and 55 minutes of work not counting research. More than 195,000 brush strokes.
A quote from a satisfied customer: “Mike, thanks for the pic. It looks awesome. Very proud to purchase it. You always have and continue to do great work.” Thanks again Jerry, you are customer #1!
Check out the time-lapse Youtube video of the creation of “War Song”. It’s long but great to put on the tube while listening to music.
And the 30 second version link:
Posters available at https://www.zazzle.com/war_song_poster-228148365089599001?rf=238065061845800527
Limited Edition prints signed by the artist available. “War Song” will be limited to 20 prints at 20”x 16”. One was sold to a dude I went to Kindergarten with. How cool is that?
Keeping track of all the details takes a bit of discipline but as they say, “If it’s not written down, it never happened.” Plus I just plain old forget things sometimes. Luckily Procreate keeps track of a lot of stuff for me. 195,000+ brush strokes? Are you kidding me? Procreate even takes a video of the whole process. Might make a good screen saver. I’m also including a Certificate of Authenticity with each print. I feel very deeply that integrity is of the utmost importance. To many prints lower the value. I will never let that happen.
Michael Thalman Artist 