Military Sculpture and Aviation Art

Welcome to the online Military Art and Aviation Art Gallery and Shop for Military and Aviation Sculptor Peter Close.

Peter Close has been working as a sculptor for many years in his studio in Somerset.

During his career Peter has created sculptures for Greenpeace and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and has had work exhibited at the prestigious Royal West of England Academy Exhibition. Initially working on animal pieces Peter's personal love of aviation and military history led him to the creation of a series of bronze portrait busts of famous and inspirational military figures and aviation personalities. Entitled "The Military Bronze Sculpture Collection" subjects include Sir Winston Churchill, Adolf "Dolfo" Galland, Sir Douglas Bader and Guy Gibson. After the success of these portrait busts Peter then created his equally fine series of limited edition bronze aviation art figures depicting airmen and aircrew from the Second World War. All of these sculptures are hand cast in the finest cold cast bronze and are available to purchase in our online Military and Aviation art gallery

  "When making a portrait I think it is very important to capture the essence of their personality as well as a good physical likeness"

"When I was creating Churchill I listened to a box set of his wartime speeches, played in the background as I worked These contain some of the greatest pieces of oratory ever used and gave me a deep insight into not only his utter determination not to surrender to the Nazis, and a great sadness at leading the country into another war so soon after the bloodbath of World War I, but also to the brilliant use of humour. I have a cast of Churchill in front of me now and by turning it to reflect the light in different ways you can see these different emotions displayed"

Military Art and Aviation Art:

• The Military Bronze Sculpture Collection Limited Edition Bronze Busts including Winston Churchill, Douglas Bader, and General George Patton
• Limited Edition Bronze aviation art Figures including Douglas Bader, A Battle of Britain Pilot, A RAF Bomber Command Pilot and the Waist Gunners of a B17 Flying Fortress
• To see more of Peter Close's work please see our sister website at www.PeterClose.com
• All of our Military and Aviation sculptures are made from the highest quality cold-cast bronze
• Each sculpture will come to you with a certificate of authenticity signed by Peter and will be hand engraved with its own unique edition number
• Every sculpture is entirely hand made by Peter in his studio in Somerset
• Once your order has been placed we aim to dispatch the sculpture within 7 to 10 days

Learn More about our Aviation Art: For more information about Peter's Military art please see About Us and for ordering information please go to our FAQs		Ordering online: Ordering our military sculptures online is easy. We accept secure payment by Debit/Credit with Paypal. Paypal uses cutting edge data encryption  for the utmost security