From Germany Flying Fortress is a regular visitor to Leicester and known for his character art. His ‘Teddy Troopers’ in particular having taken on a life of their own. For Bring the Paint 2024 the style is similar but the image a little different. He has painted a group of sea elephants snarling by the side of the busy Vaughan Way. Initially planned to be 2 Flying Fortress airplanes battling each other. As he set upon the pose he realised that in many ways it started to resemble the sea elephants fighting. “So I gave my figure a new crossover twist of an airplane and a sea-elephant” he told Inspiring city. Also “the seals look a bit gawky when fighting rivals”. Wishing to play around more with his airplane character it’s also about turning the military symbolism on its head. To give it a funny twist and turn it away from it’s real life war reality.

https://inspiringcity.com/2024/06/06/murals-of-the-2024-bring-the-paint-festival-in-leicester/