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Aviation Museum Volunteer Selected for International Aviation Art Exhibition

Glenn L. Martin Maryland
Aviation Museum, recipient of Baltimore County’s RSVP Non-Profit of the Year
award, has over 12,000 hours of service contributed during the year by its many
volunteers. These men and women provide their many skills and talents to Museum
projects as they work to showcase Maryland’s rich aviation history for Museum
visitors.  When the Blue Angels’ F/A-18 Hornets flew over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during its Centennial Celebration of
the War of 1812, Museum volunteer Jesse Buckles was inspired to create a mixed
media art piece. His “Blue Angels Over
Ft. McHenry” was selected for the juried International Aerospace Art
Exhibition of the American Society of Aviation Artists  displayed at the
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall  Airport 

Terminal  Gallery,  Concourse E - International Terminal, through September 23, 2013.  The American Society of Aviation Artists was formed in 1986 to bring together artists who are acknowledged leaders in the field for the purpose of recognizing and promoting interest in aviation art as
a fine art form.  Artist members are
selected by a group of their peers on the basis of their demonstrated abilities
and experience. This year’s juried art exhibition, open to entrants worldwide,
features 39 works by 27 different artists, including Mr. Buckles.

I’ve always wanted to draw and paint”, said Buckles. “I cannot remember when I didn’t.” Artistic
talents are a Buckles family trait. His father, Peter V. Buckles was an Art
Director at the Glenn L. Martin Company. “When I was very young I would ask Dad to draw me pictures. As he finished one I would snatch it from his grasp,

retreat to my hiding place and attempt to recreate his image.  When I had my courage up, I would present my
drawings to him for a critique. This routine happened throughout my childhood
into early adult hood. This was the best gift and training that I could have
ever received.” It was Buckles’s
father’s portfolio that connected him to the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation
Museum. When visiting the Museum to make a donation of his dad’s
portfolio to the Museum, he was asked if he was an artist as well. “Although
feeling somewhat ill-equipped within the confines of the style, I attempted
some illustrations of a few WWI and WWII War Birds and I discovered that I
enjoyed doing them. The museum folks extended an invitation to join and display
any art work related to the museum’s theme, which I genuinely accepted. I also decided that I should submit certain projects on a voluntary basis which I do
as a dedication and remembrance to my Dad.”




Buckles, educated in Fine Arts, is a multi talented artist involved in Airbrush work and exploring
“trick” painting  on vehicles and cycles.
“ Not ready to cut my ear off to be famous, I lost myself between the 1970’s
and 1980’s. Struggling with Artistic endeavor, and torn between social
responsibilities, I eventually understood what my Dad had always said to me:
“Art is a jealous woman.”


His recent project,
following his third place award in the Dundalk Art Show in June, is joining
other Museum members in painting the Museum’s F 4-C Phantom aircraft. “The
painting Jesse has done on the Museum’s Phantom aircraft makes it look like it is newly built, as if it just came off of the assembly line.” says Debi Wynn,
Director of Education at the Museum. “The Museum and its volunteers are very
proud of Jesse being accepted into the juried art exhibit at BWI.”


Visitors can visit the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum at Martin State Airport Wednesdays
through Saturdays, 11am to 3pm to see the Phantom aircraft and Buckles’s
aircraft illustrations. For information call 410-682-6122 or

www.mdairmuseum.org.

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