Barry Crossman Art
This is a study in texture that I actually did for my drawing class at UTEP. It was long and tedious work, but overall I was very pleased with the results. The textures were drawn to depict an actual scene from the world. Can you guess what it is??? hint at the bottom of the page :-)
This is a drawing I did for the commander of 3-43 ADA when he left command for a new position. I had it framed and I signed the back of it for him with a short message thanking him for his efforts and a congrats on his success as commander. about 2 years after I gave him this piece, he emailed me. I was in Korea at the time, and it was quite surprise. He mentioned in his note that he had been unpacking his belongings in a new office and when he unwrapped this piece he thought of me. It's amazing how the little things we do in life can echo so far into time and come back around. I recently met this commander again at the commissary, as he was temporarily back on Ft. Bliss. We had a great conversation and time of remembering. He is now a Colonel and a brigade commander. He is also and always was a great mentor in my life.
This is a silly cartoon project I was working on a long time ago for a sergeant major friend of mine. He owned a framing / military momento type of shop here in El Paso. He had on display a similar cartoon of officers in a change-of-command ceremony where the outgoing officer did not want to pass his unit's colors to the new commander and they were all wrestling him to the ground in attempt to wrench it from his hands. The sergeant major explained to me that the picture was often purchased as a gift for outgoing commanders, but there was no such drawing for enlisted personnel, i.e. sergeant's major. He asked me to come up with some ideas, so I basically came up with what you see here, but with a saber instead of a guide-on or unit colors as tradition goes with enlisted change-of-responsibility ceremonies. I did not pass these ideas on to the sergeant major however, as my ideas here are too similar to the original and I did not wish to enter the dangerous waters of copywright law, although the original artist of the basic idea is unknown. Hence, you see it here in my Personal Projects page.
Air Defense Artillery cross - cross-canons and missile with an Asian dragon. This was a good-bye gift from myself to a good friend and colleague of mine who also is in Air Defense and married to a soldier whose occupation is in the chemical protection field. Best wishes to them both! 11" x 14," colored pencil.
