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"Andrew, I want to thank you for creating such a very moving portrait. It will hang proudly in our office in Washington DC where it can be admired by many. Congratulations on your remarkable talent" - -Dr. Jane Goodall

Jimmie Mattern was pioneer aviator of unbridled bravery and was a genuine; 24k, flag-wrapped, American hero stud.
At 28, he twice attempted to be first to fly solo around the globe, crashing on both occasions. In the 1933 attempt, bad oil forced him to belly-land on the frozen Siberian tundra and he was missing for two weeks until he was rescued, half-dead, by nomadic Eskimo. The painting imagines the first hours of rescue as he warms up in a yurt and tries to communicate.
Jimmie was a hero to all the early astronauts and Neil Armstrong carried his pilot’s license (signed by Orville Wright) to the Moon on Apollo XI.
I had the honor of making this painting for Jimmie's astonishing family who have been clients and friends for 30 years
https://www.jimmiemattern.com/biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Mattern

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