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Hawaiian and military air show - jet team posters, shirts, clothing, paintings and more from Gavin Arts in San Clemente, Huntington Beach, Yosemite, California coastal and surfing spots, and beyond
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En Plein Air
Paul has been painting on location since his first painting at age 7. Since then his love for plein air painting — from the French en plein air, in the full air, outdoors, a method of painting which gained popularity in France in the 1860s — has taken him to sites around his own home in Tustin, to southern California's coastal cities, to Paris and Normandy, France.
Paul has long admired the Marine Corps Blimp Hangars and has used the enormous structures for subjects of many paintings. Paul traveled to Normandy, France to attend and capture in art both the 1984 and 1994 Anniversaries of D-Day, sitting through cold, freezing, wet days to recreate many of the locations he visited.
Also in 1984, Paul began donating artwork for the Marine Corps in support of Open Houses and other activities, and in 1989, created the first of a nine poster El Toro Air Show series that expanded to include many military installations and cities including Andrews Air Force Base, the City of Chicago and MCAS Miramar in San Diego.
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