We are delighted and proud to welcome to our portfolio a truly gifted artist, who really has been there.

Michael Rondot, born in Ontario, Canada but lived in the UK since the mid-1950s. Growing up during the Golden Age of British aviation, he developed a lifelong interest in military aircraft that led to his 25-year career as a reconaissance and ground-attack pilot in the Royal Air Force.

He is best known in aviation circles as a Jaguar pilot but also flew the Canberra PR9 and Hawker Hunter before joining his first Jaguar squadron in 1980. He flew combat operations in Jaguar fighter-bombers during the first Gulf War in 1991 and has published several articles and reviews about his experiences with the Jaguar since retiring from the Royal Air Force in 1992.

He was a founder associate member of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1971 and has been painting professionally for over 40 years, publishing his first limited edition print of a Hawker Hunter FGA9 in 1980.

He is widely acclaimed for producing powerful and atmospheric images of aircraft in the weather conditions that prevail in Northwest Europe. The wet runway scenes that feature in many of his early works have given way to a more subtle view of the kind of weather he flew in for much of his flying career but there remains a strong leaning towards impressive stormclouds and threatening weather.

His work is often described as the most technically accurate and visually stunning of recent times.

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