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"Dad's Dream" was a lot my idea in the beginning but as I got to know AST2 Charles Ferrante and the folks at CGAS Cape Cod I realized that they needed to be more involvedin the subject matter. Originally a painting fo Cape Cod was going to be a piece on the HH-60J. Chuck suggested that we tackle a swimmer piece. I was intrigued at first while thinking that mnore success would be a in painting of the Jayhawk. As time wore on and we got more into the research part of the project I was completely sold on the idea.
In the summer of 06 LTJG Ryan Tickell sent to me a video shot in the main cabin of one of their 60's. It was a video documentary of a rescue of several people from the 40 forty foot swells of the North Atlantic. They were survivors of an impending trajedy that would take the lives of several other passengers of a 45 foot pleasure craft named "Dad's Dream". The boat was reportedly foundering in the icy cold waters approximately 350 miles off the coast of Cape Cad, MA and about 300 miles off the coast of Canadian Nova Scotia. Outside of the range of the small helos, Cape Cod actually deployed several members of their team to a location where it would be easier to launch a helicoptor and be out over the scene and still have a enough time to rescue the passengers of this doomed ship.
"In the fall, after the release of "The Guardian", I started on a painting that looked more like an action sequence from a comic book. I think that is what makes it such a dynamic image for me is that I returned to those roots a little. You feel like you are right down in the water with the survivor and this is a place that no camera would have dared." Bryan began work on painting that measured 36x48 after sketches were complete for the piece. "The first initial sketch was done a napkin literally. After that gesture drawing was completed it was shot and enlarged and final drawings were actually completed based on that cocktail napkin sketch." The painting would take several months to complete but in the end a new image was created that has never been seen before. "I want you to feel like you are in a movie when you look at this painting in person..." |
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Posting by a BryanSnuffer.com contributor at 07:00:03.08.07 |
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