Skydiving paintings and canvas prints by Troy White

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World Champion 4-way Formation team DeLand Majik mentally rehearse the upcoming dive as the Twin Otter approaches jump run over their home DZ in DeLand, Florida. Illuminated by the early morning light are Gary Smith (foreground) and Shannon Pilcher and the reflection from teammate Joey Jones' helmet in the background. This painting can be seen at the Perfect Spot bar and grille at Skydive DeLand.

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Professional Skydiver Hunter Roberts hits the sweet spot under his Performance Designs Velocity canopy as he drags a toe across a pond in Lake County, not far from his home DZ, Skydive DeLand.

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"Suicide Blonde" Troy White © 1997, Oil on Canvas, 46" x 36" SOLD

Pilot Trey Johnson swoops past the late Patrick Patrick De Gayardon in his Westwind Beech during the filming of a television commercial for Reebok athletic shoes over Skydive DeLand in the early 1990's. Patrick was an adventure seeker and all around nice guy as well as a pioneer in many facets of the sport including Skysurfing where he was one of the best in the genre.

"DeLand Heat" Troy White © 1992, Acrylic on Canvas, 46" x 36" SOLD

US National Champion 4-way team "DeLand Heat" transitions to their second point on the hill over DeLand, Florida. "Deland Heat" went on to earn a silver medal at the 1991 World Skydiving Championships. From top left: Jack Jefferies, Dan Thompson, Mark Harrington and Tom Piras. The Vector 2 rigs clearly show the fresh magenta dye before it fades to pink.

"Visions " Troy White © 1981, Acrylic on Canvas, 28" x 38" SOLD

Visions 8-way team exits a DC-3 during the US National Skydiving Championships. In this painting I used a lot of glazing to subdue the light parts of the painting and full strength pigment to bring out the cutaway handles, altimeters and grippers. This painting can be seen at Sky Dance Skydiving in Davis, California.

"Surprise" Troy White © 1981, Acrylic & mixed media on Canvas, 46" x 24" SOLD

A premature deployment is always a surprise to at least one person. Here we have that happening to a jumper while the person he was docked on is half in one dimension and half in another. Check out that spider slider. I used to have one of those with a one-stow free-pack strap on my Strato Star. I simply coiled the lines in my main container tray and never had a malfunction on that system.

"Man in Motion" Troy White © 1977, Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 72" SOLD

This painting was done from a photo that Skip Kniley snapped of Roger Ponce de Leon. The photo appeared in Parachutist magazine and although I did not know Skip at the time, 26 years later he would be "Best Man" at my wedding. This was a wish painting. The wish being that I could someday upgrade my "gutter gear" for modern sport gear. I finally upgraded in 1978 when I bought an SST Racer and a Strato Star main canopy. It was a tight fit but my 24' flat reserve went under the pop top and I jumped this rig until 1981 when I replaced the SST with a more modern Racer, a Firefly main canopy and a Navy conical reserve. I ended up trading the painting in 1985 for jump tickets at my home DZ which at the time was Swamp Hollow in Quincy, Florida.

"Self Portrait 1976" Troy White © 1976, Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 72"

This image is from a black and white, double exposed photo and is the only record of this painting that exists. What is really cool is that ghost image is a mirror image. The original painting was damaged by moisture while in storage in my garage in DeLand, Florida. I eventually took it off the stretcher and used it to lay on while I worked on my '66 Ford Pickup before throwing it away. Check out that gear I'm wearing! The rig is a Pioneer 3-pin main that was tan with OD trim with a PC in a sleeve packed in it. It had shot and a half capewells for the cutaway system. The reserve was a 24' flat canopy equipped with an MA-1 pilot chute and a 4-line release. That is a brand new altimeter that I still own. The jumpsuit is a black and yellow double zipper made by Pioneer. I did demos in this rig when I had less than 200 jumps and no license what so ever. In those days USPA was not strong and it was possible to jump just about anywhere in the USA without having to belonging to it. Oh and I almost forgot, it cost $7.50 USD to go to $12,500' in the DC-3.

"Untitled" Troy White © 1976, Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 72"

This was the first painting that I ever did on sport parachuting. That is Leonardo da Vinci in the center and some of you might recognize the C-130 exit from the cover of Andy Keech's book "Skies Call". This painting now hangs at the Jump Shack in DeLand, Florida.

A note from the artist to fellow skydivers:

These three images represent only a small fraction of the skydiving related art that I have produced over the years. These range from parachute and rig owners manual illustrations to murals and everything in between. Unfortunately many pieces of original art and and photo documentation of my work were lost in transit between the USA and my new home in Australia. What you see here is all that I have to show you for now but that is OK because there is always going to be new stuff coming out of the studio and I will post it here and send y'all a link as soon as it is up. --BSBD-- Troy

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