Russell Smith (aviation artist)

Russell Smith is an aviation artist specializing in World War I aviation subjects.

I remember finding his website by chance a few months ago, looking for advice on how to depict aircraft in proper perspective (the link is this). His oil paintings are superb in how he uses light/shadow, values and edges to create a "window into another time and place" (as he puts it).

These two paintings are probably my favorite:

Russell is a member of the American Society of Aviation Artists.