Jeff Pranger shared the following two wonderful paintings by his father, Ed. Ed Pranger was a WWII US Navy artist and cartoonist for The Hoist in San Diego. According to Jeff, after the war, when surplus Jeeps were plentiful (and Ed was single), his father and his buddies would go hunting and drinking in their Jeeps in the Yakima, Washington, area. Ed produced many paintings and some had Jeeps.
Both of these paintings appeared to have been painted in Anacortes, Washington, one year a part (each has Ed’s name, the year, and the location it was painted on it). The first was completed in 1988 and the second in 1989.
It being a small world, I traveled through Anacortes (to catch the ferry) both of those years, as I was working in the San Juans in 1988 and then got married in the San Juans in 1989.
Are any of these paintings available to purchase.
Thanks
Awesome landscape artist, interesting subject matter. I often wonder how myself and friends got back unscathed from hunting trips.
A lot of action going on in these paintings, must be interesting stories behind them.
@peter45cj you’re not kidding! I have far too many stories to tell.
I have always loved his art. I remember his art in posters in the old cafes back in the 1950’s and ’60’s. And, yes, they were true stories. I also believe he illustrated some books for Ding Darling way back when.
Alice
I recently got Ed Pranger art at an estate sale still in the shipping tube from the 1950s. Same theme, old willy’s jeeps, hunters, etc, very cool. I found this site when trying to dig up informatiom on the artist. Quite a guy, he lived a full life. Nice article!