Stan Stokes

With more than 40 years as a full time artist, I have produced literally hundreds of paintings documenting historical events, people and places. I research my subjects to assure the accuracy of the smallest detail to preserve its relationship in time. My work now hangs in three presidential libraries and many museums.

Commissioned by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, my 12 foot by 120 foot mural of the “History of the Flying White House” is on permanent display in the new Air Force One Pavilion. In addition, my painting of the “U.S.S. Ronald Reagan” is hanging in the Legacy Room of the library. This is one of my proudest achievements to date!

Tuskegee Airmen

The one subject that I am currently asked about most is how my Tuskegee Airmen book is coming along. At this point, I have 67 paintings finished and 3 more in various stages of completion. In a few weeks, when these 3 are completed, that will be it! I think 70 paintings will be enough to tell the story.

The painting that I am showing here is a cropped image of a painting that I finished a few months back. It is of several of the Tuskegee Airmen with a P-39 Airacobra. They only flew the P-39 for a brief time in combat, but is part of their history and it was fun to paint