This is one of those projects that really tugs at one's heartstrings and can be very satisfying. The client's father was on the first inflatable boat to cross the Rhine River and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. I decided to divide the long rectangular canvas to be able to more fully tell the story. The infantry carefully advancing in the snow and the boat will be in a night scene- if I can pull it off.
The other side will be coon hunting. This is the gun the client shot as a youngster when his dad took him coon hunting.
He's never had anything engraved before and it will surely mean more to him than another pretty gun does to a collector of many.
The other side will be coon hunting. This is the gun the client shot as a youngster when his dad took him coon hunting.
He's never had anything engraved before and it will surely mean more to him than another pretty gun does to a collector of many.