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Brian Bateman

Brian Bateman

His interest began as a child growing up in Dayton, Ohio. His best friend began showing him drawings of airplanes that he drew off of model box tops and that was it. Brian immediately began to draw aircraft and since then has not looked back. He became enthused with model building, dioramas, and research books---anything and everything Brian could get on the subject of WWII. It helped that Brian lived in an area where aviation was at the forefront, most notably Wright-Patterson AFB and its wonderful museum. I remember having my father take me there almost once a week for awhile, until I could get my driver's license to go there myself. I would spend countless hours looking at not only the planes, but the paint, rivets, wheel wells; anything you can imagine. I also remember studying and reading everything I could get my hands on regarding military aviation; in particular the Luftwaffe. Brian also remembers the first time he saw an aviation painting. It was in his junior year in high school; a Robert Taylor painting of The Battle of Britain. How wonderful he thought, to be able to paint scenes such as these and make a living out of it. The dream was cast, but was there a market out there for this small, select subject? In the late 1980s Brian moved to San Diego California, a state where there are many vintage planes and restoration facilities available, not to mention near-perfect weather all year around. In 1995 his first aviation painting, Shadow of the Moon, was well received, and Brian went to print with it. The painting continues to be one one his best sellers and a personal favorite. Another favorite is Topaz One, one of his latest releases, as it depicts a personal friend, Bruce Porter, and his Hellcat over Okinawa in late 1945. Brian started Bateman Galleries the same year, trying to make a well-rounded business out of his love for aviation and for art in general. The gallery has grown over the years to include many facets of his art, and not just aviation. Brian has since released 6 prints on the market and continues to strive to produce quality work at a level where others can enjoy it. His edition sizes remain small, at 250, to increase collectability and to have a better market value. Brian has opened this web site to expand on his vision of having his art reach more people. The site showcases his many talents and diverse styles, from aviation to military history, to wildlife and the human figure. I realize that there are many wonderful artists working in the aviation field today: Ferris, Taylor, Trudgian, Grinnell, and Crandall have been some of my personal favorites over the years for many reasons. One of the thrills I have had was meeting Robert Taylor. I remember that not only was he a super talent, but one of the nicest guys I have met. I think a well-rounded sense of one's self is just as important as one's talents. Please visit and view his many print releases along with his original art for those who are interested in collecting for investment. Brian is a participant of the CAF - Air Group One in San Diego, and has been privileged to have met many of the subjects in his paintings. He lives in San Diego with his family and two pets. His wonderful support from all his family, friends, and relatives are an inspiration and sense of stability.

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Brian Bateman Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings
Aviation Art

Knight's Realm by Brian Bateman.


Knight's Realm by Brian Bateman.
One edition.
The edition features 2 additional signature(s).
£85.00

Greek Victory by Brian Bateman.


Greek Victory by Brian Bateman.
3 editions.
All 3 editions feature an additional signature.
£100.00 - £460.00

Walter Schuck by Brian Bateman. (P)


Walter Schuck by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£250.00


Detroit Miss by Brian Bateman. (P)


Detroit Miss by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£300.00

Urban Sunset by Brian Bateman. (P)


Urban Sunset by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
£275.00

Shooting Swallows by Brian Bateman. (P)


Shooting Swallows by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£380.00


First Response by Brian Bateman. (P)


First Response by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
£450.00

No.615 Sqn Hurricane over Burma by Brian Bateman. (P)


No.615 Sqn Hurricane over Burma by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£250.00

Greek 'Fire by Brian Bateman. (P)


Greek 'Fire by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£450.00


Devastating Thunder by Brian Bateman.


Devastating Thunder by Brian Bateman.
3 editions.
All 3 editions feature an additional signature.
£50.00 - £2000.00

Otto Kittel by Brian Bateman. (P)


Otto Kittel by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£390.00

Jet Ace by Brian Bateman. (P)


Jet Ace by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£300.00


Devastating Thunder by Brian Bateman. (P)


Devastating Thunder by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£480.00

Victory for Red Section by Brian Bateman.


Victory for Red Section by Brian Bateman.
3 editions.
All 3 editions feature an additional signature.
£100.00 - £480.00

Tribute to Flt Lt Eddie Edwards by Brian Bateman. (P)


Tribute to Flt Lt Eddie Edwards by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
£450.00


Erich Rudorffer - Eastern Front Ace by Brian Bateman. (P)


Erich Rudorffer - Eastern Front Ace by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£300.00

Burma - Arrival of 615 Squadron by Brian Bateman. (P)


Burma - Arrival of 615 Squadron by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£300.00

Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman.


Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman.
3 editions.
All 3 editions feature an additional signature.
£80.00 - £250.00


A Pickle for Pickering by Brian Bateman. (P)


A Pickle for Pickering by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£300.00

Urban 'Ben' Drew - Good Hunting by Brian Bateman. (P)


Urban 'Ben' Drew - Good Hunting by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£300.00

Byron Duckenfield by Brian Bateman. (P)


Byron Duckenfield by Brian Bateman. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£310.00


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Knight's Realm by Brian Bateman.

Spring, April 15, 1945. With the pincers from both the Eastern and Western Fronts encircling the Third Reich any hopes of a German victory had long since been crushed. The German pilots goal now was to survive from day to day and wish for a quick end to an already hopeless situation. The pilots of the vaunted JG26 had been respected and feared in the war since their inception on 28 September 1939 to their bitter end in 1945, achieving more than 2,700 aerial victories, a kill ratio of 3 to 1. Even though these pilots realized the final outcome of this war they continued to fight on as ordered - some for honor, most flying reconnaissance and low level bombing attacks against oncoming allied forces trying to stop the insurgence of armies into the Fatherland.


Greek Victory by Brian Bateman.

Steve Pisanos, flying P-47 QP-D, is depicted pulling away swiftly after a victory over an FW-190 in late December 1944 over northern Germany. This was Steve's fourth victory, one victory short on an ace, which would come later in the P-51.


Walter Schuck by Brian Bateman. (P)

Walter Schuck of JG5 returns after a successful sortie. Schuck finished the war with 206 victories.


Detroit Miss by Brian Bateman. (P)

Urban Ben Drew in his P-51 Mustang Detroit Miss claiming his fifth victory to become an Ace. The German Heinkel He111 was over the Baltic Sea on 18th September 1944 when it was spotted by Ben. Attempting to escape Ben and the two other Mustangs with him, the German aircraft made for the coast, but was shot down and plunged into the sea before making landfall.


Urban Sunset by Brian Bateman. (P)

Urban 'Ben' Drew in his Mustang, with Col Christian in the lead.


Shooting Swallows by Brian Bateman. (P)

Ben Drew shot down two Me262s in October of 1944. The painting shows the second Me262 as the main subject with Ben's Detroit Miss peeling off at full speed after he showered the aircraft with the fatal bullets. The shoot down action was so quick in occurring, (31 seconds), that Drew never saw what had actually happened to the pilot, Oblt. Paul Bley, who slipped over the side in time to live to fight again. As fate would have it Oblt. Bley was killed 2 weeks later when his 262 developed trouble while taking off and he plowed into a tractor at the end of the field.


First Response by Brian Bateman. (P)

7th December 1941, Pearl Harbor. Ken Taylor and George Welch took off in their P-40 Warhawks from the isolated Haleiwa airfield in western Oahu in an attempt to intercept Japanese aircraft. In the first US action of the war (excluding American Volunteer Group pilots), Ken Taylor is seen diving on to a group of Aichi D3A 'Val' dive bombers making their way to the already battered US fleet at Pearl Harbor. Ken was slightly wounded during the action, and without George covering his tail, he would likely have been shot down. Both George and Ken claimed to have shot down three enemy aircraft.


No.615 Sqn Hurricane over Burma by Brian Bateman. (P)

Hurricane Mk.IIc of 615 Squadron during late 1942 on a sortie over the Burmese jungle.


Greek 'Fire by Brian Bateman. (P)

Spiros 'Steve the Greek' Pisanos in his Mk.Vb Spitfire EN783 XR-K during his time with No.71 Sqn RAF, one of three American Eagle squadrons within the Royal Air Force.


Devastating Thunder by Brian Bateman.

Colonel Steve Pisanos and his wingman in their P-47 Thunderbolts take an opportunity to attack a German train in France, 1944.


Otto Kittel by Brian Bateman. (P)

A tribute to Otto Kittel - the fourth highest scoring flying Ace of all time with 267 victories until his death in February 1945, two months before the end of the war.


Jet Ace by Brian Bateman. (P)

Walter Schuck claims one of two P-51 Mustangs shot down as his first two victories in his new Me262 jet fighter. Flying with JG7, Walter Schuck claimed his first two victories in the jet on 24th March 1945, and eventually went on to claim eight jet victories, and over 200 enemy aircraft in total.


Devastating Thunder by Brian Bateman. (P)

P-47D Thunderbolts, affectionately called 'Razorbacks' flown by Col Steve 'Spiro' Pisanos and his wingman of 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, wreaking havoc on a German BR52 supply train over northern France in early 1944. Strafing targets of opportunity was, as Steve put it, exhilarating as hell but also extremely dangerous. Steve said that from his RAF training he learned never to pull up after the run, keeping low so as not to make yourself an easier target.


Victory for Red Section by Brian Bateman.

Steve Pisanos, flying P-47 QP-D in Red Section, shoots down a German Me-109 near Sittard, Gemany. Here we see the 109 trailing smoke and banking down as Steve has hits near the engine and cockpit of the enemy combatant. Claim one Me-109.


Tribute to Flt Lt Eddie Edwards by Brian Bateman. (P)

Flight Lieutenant Eddie Edwards in his 92 Sqn Spitfire F VIII, Italy, 1944.


Erich Rudorffer - Eastern Front Ace by Brian Bateman. (P)

Major Erich Rudorffer claims one of three Airacobra's shot down on 10th October 1944 as he claims seven victories in a single day in his Fw190 of JG54. One of the greatest Aces of World War Two, Rudorffer scored a total of 222 victories including over 75 on the western front, making him the 7th highest scoring Ace of all time.


Burma - Arrival of 615 Squadron by Brian Bateman. (P)

A Mk.II Hurricane of No.615 Sqn passes over a downed Japanese Zero fighter in the jungles of Burma.


Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman.

May 21,1943. Steve Pisanos flying P-47 QP-D in White Section, on an escort mission to Ghent, shoots down an FW-190 near Belgium. Flying wing to Captain Andrews, Pisanos took over once Andrews temporarily spun out of control pursuing the 190, which Steve hastily finished off. Depicted is the moment before Steve breaks off for home and waiting for the pilot to bail out, which he did not at this point.


A Pickle for Pickering by Brian Bateman. (P)

September 11th 1940. The 501 Squadron Hurricane of Tony Pickering dives through a formation of 300 German bombers as they head for London. Smoke begins to pour from his Hurricane as a German gunner hits his oil sump, forcing Tony to make a hasty escape from the doomed aircraft.


Urban 'Ben' Drew - Good Hunting by Brian Bateman. (P)

On August 25th 1944, Ben Drew found himself locked in a stalemate with the Bf109 of an experienced Luftwaffe pilot. Circling each other to try and force an advantage, the two pilots spiraled towards the ground until the German finally broke away from the Lufberry circle to escape the guns of the Mustang. With 5 of his 6 guns jammed from the extreme forces encountered while circling, Ben Drew chased his opponent, raking the fuselage with the one remaining gun. The enemy aircraft started to smoke then nosed into the ground at full throttle. As he flew over the resulting fireball, Ben remembered how his mother always ended her letters - good hunting, son..


Byron Duckenfield by Brian Bateman. (P)

A No.501 Sqn Hurricane pilot during the Battle of Britain, Byron Duckenfield later took command of No.615 Squadron, taking them to Burma where his Hurricane was shot down. Once captured by the Japanese, he spent more than two years in Rangoon jail.

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