European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july i 31_ 1?7 she captures indians the stars and stripes Page 9 Story and photo j by Floyd Harrington Barm Euc Baa born. Germany is Captur i i the features of indians of the old West at Canvas is portraitist Jan Ledbetter s ."i6 entire Canvas Brown and on Canvas to make the design tipi it better wife of an air Force office resigned to Sembach a near Here said a has been painting portraits since Ita a Little her formal training in Sites an associate in arts degree from Stphens College in Columbia. Mo., and Shidy at the american Academy of Art if Chicago and the University of Wyoming at Ramie actually 1 was a music major at col lege. Then when i married we could Tafford a piano but we could afford paints go said Ledbetter a native . While m Wyoming she started painting portraits of indians. Her husband was As signed to Warren fab and she worked forthe of coming state Art gallery in nearby artist said she had always been interested in indians and their culture an living close to them in Wyoming heightened that interest. Their faces Are so expressive. Their whole existence in life pleasures and sorrows is mirrored i their faces. I just had to paint most of her portraits Are of Sioux Indi ans. Some Are exact duplicates of indians photographed by Charles Rinehart in Chelate 1800s. But usually i prefer to make them up she idea for a portrait May come to her we she browses through her collection offices she clips from hundreds of newspapers and magazines. A pair of old look ing eyes or an interesting face will attract her. She said and i la use those Asa jumping off Point and turn them into. Indian features Are created with a painting technique she called using oils f. Uttof the work is done by lifting off tax ing p"11 that rub outs have to be completed in one sitting before the paint dries rhshj6 eagles on Canvas so checks reference books and her Rinehart photographs before adding clothes or other accoutrements to the painting. The re search is necessary she said. Because feel my paintings have to be absolutely authentic and perfect. If they re not i throw them that her paintings Are authentic is Evi Dent from their acceptance in Wyoming she said she has had successful shows other work in several Art centers and museums there and there is a permanent col Lection of her paintings at the Wyoming state Art gallery. There also Are More than 100 of her Indian portraits in private collections in six countries she does t confine her work to indians. However. She creates vibrant acrylic abstract works realistic animal rub outs and is very proud of her mos recent commission a Large portrait of Gen. Billy Mitchell for the Dardalian flying club at Ramstein a b. Her unique ability to capture a person likeness and personality on Canvas keeps her Busy and she has a list of clients wait ing for private portrait sittings. She said these portraits Are More difficult than rub outs or abstracts because so much of the work is takes a series of photographs and works from them to make a charcoal sketch of her subject. Hours Are spent measuring the features and the distance Between them and transferring the measurements to the s almost the hardest part and it s Jan Ledbetter with some of bar portraits. She has been painting since i a a Little there that i have to get everything exactly right. If something s a Little off or wrong it carries through when i apply the she she works seven to eight hours a Day on her paintings she still finds time to Experiment with new techniques gives demonstrations of her Craft to various groups and clubs and teaches painting Ai Sembach. Plans 2nd James Bond satire airman writes directs produces spoof films Story and photo by Merle Jacobsen staff write Kerpen Germany is James Bond will face danger unknowingly Froman associate in a spy spoof an air Force Security policeman stationed Here plans tomake. Airman . De Collins a 20-year-Oldnative of Concord calif., said the film which he Hopes to make locally will be his second satire on agent 007. We did an 8mm 35-minute satire on. James Bond in the spy who loved me said Collins who is a member of the 7502ndmunitions support so. He said the film won the Young filmmakers award that i Given in the san Francisco area. Collins said he happened to see a pre View of the latest Bond film in 1976 at a san Francisco theater that specializes in High priced previews of unreleased films. So he went to work with some of his own ideas i wrote the script for it and was assistant director of that Collins said of his satire which was also produced in 1976. I want to do one Over Here. In this movie he gets Hurt a lot said Collins. His current project will have miss Moneypenny. Who is the Secretary for oots Boss put Ling out contracts on Bon Moneypenny. Who has carried a Torch Lor the agent through the Ian Fleming series finally adopts the Altitude if i can t have him nobody Collins said there at least seven different attempts on his life in this who majored in dramatic ans for a year at the University of California s drug trafficker hanged Singapore map a 36-year-old malaysian labourer was hanged for trafficking in drugs officials said Berkeley Campus before joining the air Force 2 i years ago. Said he has been involved in about 20 films As either an actor or in technical other films satirized by Collins include Cool hand Luke and the Good the bad and the be done everything from Sam Peckinpah to Kung said Collins who likes to dream up totally wild financing his new Bond spoof. Collins said will be More difficult than the Previ Ous Effort. The last Guy i worked with. Us dad was Rich Collins explained. The airman said be has eight to 10 people including dependents from his unit who will take part in the film s production. If he can t get any support irom recreational services. Collins said the group May finance the f ilm out of their own pockets. Some of it will be done in Cologne. A Chase scene where a Guy gets run Over by a he said. Collins who will direct the film said inside scenes would be shot at no Venich a Here where his unit is a tenant of the German Luft , who became interested in drama at age 10. Said i like Mel Brooks Type stuff real Strong however he said. It s hard to write original stuff. It s All been done Collins said he has done apprentice screen play writing i addition to stage productions at Travis he socks it to 007 again Collins has designs on lampooning the 7502nd. Where he has been assigned for eight months in a radio series he Hopes will be used by Afonin the series on his unit the Centra figure is a fictitious airman . Julio Chavez who really runs the 7502nd an seems to be a combination of sgt Bilko. It cmdr. Mchale and several characters from m a a h some characters he said will be based on real people while others will be total fabrication Scollins who plans to return to the Berke Ley Campus after his air Force enlistment is up set i have a lot of stories i be written that i Don t have titles for airman i a. De Collins reads satire magazines to pick a idea Lor Sparf fun. Writ ii a How does he bet his ideas far the spoofs you jus fool around Wilh All the classic he replied with a mischievous inn
