“My particular love of historical events from our past motivates my desire to keep alive the events within our nation’s history as well as world history. Native American culture within the old west is a favorite subject as this way of life and spiritual thought is something that fascinates me with my subjects depicted through hours of research and conversations with notable historians.

Native Americans and their way of life and struggles over the centuries have always intrigued me - and so I find myself creating art that hopefully strikes a nerve or touches the viewer in a way that was intended, a homage to these brave yet gentle spirited people who were forced to integrate into a world that they were outcast from the beginning. Their ways and beliefs are something that we all can still learn from, and so with this passion I feel that I might in some small way keep this way of life in the forefront - no other country has the ability to have created such a diverse history of the west in world history.

Military aviation and the men/women and machines flown within these events are also a favorite subject that I have been involved with for 30 years, and I have served as the Vice President of the American Society of Aviation Artists (ASAA), a national group of select aviation artists dedicated to the preservation of military, naval, and historical events and have been an Artist Member for over 10 years. I have been honored with awards with my depictions of some of these historical based events over my tenure as well as being a presenter/instructor at the yearly forums which focuses on teaching select subject matter.” - Brian Bateman