Military artwork and portraits by self-taught veteran/artist Willie Jones. Artist bio: Willie Jones Jr., a native of Greenwood, MS, started drawing at a young age. He is a self-taught artist. He acquired his drawing skills through reading instructional books such as how to books, by renowned artist and art instructor Walter Foster. Willie is a member of the Air Force Art Program and contributes to the Air Force Art Collection annually. He has been an active member for over 30 years with 38 pieces of art contributed. Willie has artwork decorating the walls of many Air Force bases and a couple of universities in Illinois, South-Western Illinois College and the University of Illinois. He has artwork in a few air museums in Arizona, Delaware, and North Carolina. He also has artwork at the Historic Army Airfield, Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama. Willie specializes in portraits and aviation art. That may sound a little strange, being that these two things seem to be at different ends of the spectrum. The two are directly related when you look at it. Both require discipline and accuracy. The portrait must become the person it represents, and the aviation drawing must become the plane. A lot of his aircraft drawings are a tribute to the men and women who fly and fight. His portraits range from military leaders to movie stars and celebrities and sports figures. Willie likes military aviation art because of his love for military aircraft, warbirds from World War II most of all. The B-17 is one of his favorites, but the P-51 Mustang is his favorite airplane of all time. Willie likes reading World War II aviation history. He finds it exciting and very interesting. Reading about exploits of the greatest generation guided him towards a US Air Force career. Willie became a vehicle operator/dispatcher. He wanted to become a graphic illustrator, but the Air Force needed vehicle operators/dispatchers more than artists. Vehicle operator/dispatcher was his Air Force Specialty, bu