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Global Force Strike Command

Artwork: #1 of 11 by Ben Bensen III

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Global Force Strike Command Painting - Global Force Strike Command Fine Art Print - Ben Bensen III

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Folsom, LA - United States

Okay, I'll post my own comment. It turns out that the woman who is a B-52 crew chief that I painted ( with the microphone in her hand ) wants to purchase a print, but she can't afford the asking price. She says she wants it for her parents... How can I say no to one who is protecting our freedom?

Alexandria, VA - United States

VERY nicely done Ben...... I was a Strategic Air Command Pilot way back when.... Just a very outstanding patriotic image..... Congrats on your sale.

Budapest, Bu - Hungary

Congratulations on your sale.

Folsom, LA - United States

Thank you for the comments. I was threading a fine needle because some of my art critic friends saw the original sketch which had the central character looking a bit more "confrontational." I really preferred it that way, but acquiesced. A colleague, who spent a week with the bomber crew like I did, commented, " We never saw the slightest hint of aggression in their speech, in their attitude, or in the performance of their duties!" Someone else commented about the original sketch," He ( the central character ) shouldn't come off like he is saying," Go ahead... Make my day!" I think they were right, but the perfectionist wishes I could have pushed a "finer line."

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Global Force Strike Command

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Ben Bensen III

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Painting - Oil On Gessoed Masonite

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33.500 x 48.000 x 2.000 inches

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Here is the final illustration for the Global Force Strike Command, the command which replaces SAC at Barksdale, AFB in Shreveport, LA. My hope is that it will be housed at the command headquarters' lobby there on base. It was shipped along with another large painting just a few days ago and its placement is now in the hands of the Air Force brass. Closeups of the unfinished portraits are included in an early post entitled, Barksdale Painting/ On the up side of downhill...

This piece has gone through many conceptual sketches, adjustments, photo shoots and soul searching. I have only included three conceptual adjustments for this blog.
( http://graphicgumboben.blogspot.com/2010/09/global-strike-command-final-finally.html )

In the original Photoshop design, an airman mentioned that the cloud which holds the airbase's logo, the fleur de lis, looked like a mushroom cloud. I nearly fainted! Another concern, was the glow emanating from the globe cast a ominous shadow onto the main character's face even further highlighting an aggressive,"don't tread on me" stance. Again, not exactly what I wanted to convey. In a beginning home photo shoot, I posed myself in various illuminated stances, looking up as I am bent over the world in a protective posture. With a football helmet on, that pose would have made it impossible to even see the pilot's eyes, which was an integral part of the painting.

Take the symmetry out, create an edge with only one or no bombers, include all the patches of the support groups floating in the clouds or show only four to represent the main ones. How to pose the hands to say what I wanted to say but avoid the insurance company's "good hands" idea. How many women to display and ethnic groups to use to represent which support groups. Political overtones I never envisioned started to pop up everywhere. Someone else mentioned that the design had a heroic, movie poster look, which I hadn't anticipated either, but didn't object to. In the end, after about eighty plus hours of planning and painting, I feel quite happy with the results. What do you think?

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January 6th, 2011

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