Glen was three years old and one day he was frightened out of his backyard by two Navy F9F Panther jets making a final
approach to NAS Alameda. He would not return to the backyard until three days later when his mother caught him drawing airplanes
in the family Bible. He has been drawing airplanes ever since.
It’s been a long road from being a Press Officer and Illustrator for the U.S. Army during the evacuation of South
Vietnam (1975), to building models and creating Digital Art for software companies (1996
to present). Through the years, Glen Hart has had a variety of commissioned pieces and experiences in the arts and is currently
living in Newport Beach, California,
with his wife Judy.
His work is part of the permanent collection at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida. He also has received numerous awards
for his aviation paintings. His painting Caught in the Moment graced the cover of the Museum's yearly magazine Foundations. Foundations is distributed to all U.S. Navy Ships and Units throughout the world.
It is also distributed to Foreign Navies.
While at the Academy of Art
San Francisco, Glen studied under Howard Brodie whose sketches from World War II are legendary
in depicting the G.I. and the war. Howard was also the CBS News Sketch Artist, covering everything from the first open heart
surgery to the great trials of the twentieth century. Glen has said of Howard Brodie, "He was a teacher and mentor. He knew
that I was a Vietnam Veteran, ex G.I., and a fellow grunt. He took me under his wing and taught me how to make a combat illustration
come alive and stay with the viewer and to give movement to a painting or drawing. He was one of the most kind and peaceful
men that I have ever met."
Glen has worked on everything from commissioned aviation paintings, portraits, surrealistic landscape paintings, fantasy,
sci-fi illustrations and digital art to building model aircraft and military vehicles for individuals and software companies.
Glen's specialty is aviation art developed through his lifetime love of flight and airplanes. His painting Into the
Fire won first place and received the Blue Ribbon for Acrylics and Oil at Art in the Redwoods, 2001. In 2003, he won first
place again in Art in the Redwoods for his painting Storm Chronicles: The Sea Ranch.
Glen attended the Academy of Art
in San Francisco and The University of San Francisco. He was
also a Captain in the U.S. Army and is a Vietnam
veteran. He is a member of the following organizations:
• 1st Calvary Division Association (1974 to present)
• American Society of Aviation Artists (2003 to present)
