Aviation Artist and Author

mark postlethwaite - artist

There are many fine artists who paint aviation history, there are many historians who study aviation history, but there are very few who can combine the two.

Mark Postlethwaite is one of those few.

His work is a rare combination of flawless technical and historical accuracy, combined with a passion and sensitivity for light and the sheer exhilaration of flight. It’s little wonder that his work is collected by elite collectors and museums around the world.

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“Over the past thirty years I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had my childhood heroes sit next to me and sign my prints. My work has been, and always will be, a tribute to them.”

I’m currently finishing off the design for my third book of paintings and am missing a lot of the names of people who own the originals contained within it. We changed email servers a couple of years ago, so I can’t double check anything anything beyond that. So if you...

Prints are now available of this new painting depicting the first glider to land at ‘Pegasus Bridge’ on 6 June 1944. For more details, click on the link below. In The Air Tonight print

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I’ve just finished this brand new original painting depicting Airspeed Horsa PF800 landing in a dark French field just after midnight on 6 June 1944. for the full story click on the link. * Note that the image above is now improved and taken from the high-res scan In The...