BEREA, Ohio – An original painting of a WWII B-17 Superfortress Bomber created by David Jakupca, a Berea resident, U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and environmental artist, has become a permanent exhibit at Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana.
Originally part of Jakupca’s ARK (Architektur Recycled Kulturstall) Eco-Museum and gallery on Karen Drive in Berea, the painting, named ‘MORNIN ‘MERGENCY, captures the disruption of a pastoral scene by a plummeting U.S. warplane.
Jakupca, 73, recently took a break while working in his studio to talk about the painting…