This painting was inspired by the way the engine looks with the side panels opened like the wings of a bird, the unbelievable complexity of the engine itself, the impressive size of the engine, and the colors of the area. The engine looks as if it is anxious to get back in the air, uncomfortable here on the ground inside this building, and having to sit patiently while the doctors make it say “ahhh”.

The artist captures the quiet majesty of 30 June 2008 at 0730 on the Elmendorf Air Force Base flight line in Anchorage, Alaska. The crew chiefs ready the F-22 for flight outside the 525th Fighter Squadron.

This piece captures the myriad elements that support and use the Wide Band Global SATCOM system. Starting in the top right, this painting depicts a WGS satellite, a 3rd Space Operations Squadron Crew Commander and satellite operator, an Army 53rd Signal Battalion satellite package operator, Global Hawk, a few Marines, a Predator, a couple of Navy ships, JSTARS, an Atlas 5 rocket launching a WGS satellite package ...

Commissioned by Pratt & Whitney military engines and presented to the Air Force Art Collection, this Ferris oil painting on canvas, Powering Freedom, depicts current key US Air Force aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. These are the F-35A lightning II in the foreground, the F-22 Raptor next, followed by the F-16C Block 52, the F-15E Strike Eagle and in the distance, the C-17.