Metaphor I Hercules by Jody Fulks-Sjogren

22 x 30 - S/N Limited Edition Collector Print - Release Price $130

Initially designed to be answer the U.S. military's need for a rugged medium transport aircraft, the C-130 Hercules has proved itself capable of a bewildering array of missions since its appearance in the mid-1950's.
Named after Hercules, favorite hero of Greek classical mythology, the C-130 has surpassed in number, if not in originality, the famous Twelve Labors assigned to its mythological namesake.

In this visual "metaphor", aviation artist Jody Fulks Sjogren creates a dramatic image of the C-130 at the moment of lift-off from an unimproved dirt airstrip. Out of the dust cloud which billows up around the aircraft emerges Hercules, the mythical character, wrestling the man-eating Lion of Nemea in the first of his twelve labors. Above this scenario, a statuesque portrait of Hercules views the action with an almost rational calm. According to the legend, he will earn his immortality by successfully completing the twelve superhuman labors assigned to him by King Eurystheus.

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Jody Fulks Sjogren Was Born In Cincinnati, Oh, 11 Feb 55. Education: 1977-1980 Medical College Of Georgia (Master Of Science In Medical Illustration) 1976-1977 Colorado State University (Bachelor Of Science In Zoology) 1973-1975 Miami University, Oxford, Oh. Experience: 1981-Present: Owner And President, Fulks Illustration, Inc. Medical Illustration And Aviation Art 14+ Years Doing Aviation Artwork For Limited Edition Print Publication, Private Aviation Art Commissions, Nasa Commission Specialty: Imaginative And Interpretive Artwork Involving Aircraft And Other Life-Forms Awards: 1992 Honorable Mention/Eaa Sport Aviation Art Competition 1989 S=Asaa Silver Founders Award/Aviation Art Forum Art Orgn: American Society Of Aviation Artists (Artist Fellow) Association Of Medical Illustrators (Certified Medical Illustrator) New York Society Of Illustrators (Artist Member) Exhibits: Jun-Aug 1997: Asaa Juried Exhibition/Seattle Museum Of Flight May-Aug 1997: Women In Aviation Exhibition/C.R. Smith American Airlines Museum 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 And 1997: Oshkosh Eaa Air Show/Av-Art Gallery 5-7 Oct 1990: 1st Annual Champlain Fighter Museum Aviation Art Show And Sale.

The low resolution of the eBay picture here may make this look a bit blurry or almost out of focus. The actual print you will receive is very crisp and clear, just, as the artist had intended it.