Metamorphosis VI: Blackbird

L/E of 950
S/N by the Artist
Image Size: 18" x 31.5"
Paper Size: 20" x 35"

Plane Type: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Sharing a reputation for mystery and clandestine activity, two black avian knights make their stealthy transformation in this metamorphosis. Widely believed to be the most intelligent of all birds, the Raven is to the natural world what the SR-71 has been to the world of men and aviation - big, black, mysterious and at the top of its pyramid in “mental” attributes. Lockheed’s Blackbird, performing its secret assignments in the private sky 15 miles above the earth’s surface, gave the United States “eyes in the sky” as it gathered information about enemy military activity from 1964 to 1990. Both birds leave us with the disquieting reminder: you are being observed...

PLANE JUNKIE - Metamorphosis VI: Blackbird by Jody Sjogren (Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird)