This past spring, a like-minded and well-versed friend told me of an acquaintance, Alan Willis, who he considered to be an extraordinary
painter—of firearms.  Now we both had been looking for some time to take our identical Savage 10FP-LE2B’s (the McMillian-stocked .308’s) to
an new level—we wanted a paint job.  Only, we didn’t want just any old paint job, we wanted something, extraordinary.  We both agreed
we wanted our rifles camouflaged, but there our interests took separate roads.  He wanted something in a high desert pattern and I wanted
a traditional woodlands pattern that would blend in with the rain forests of Northwest Washington. 
     Alan went to work on his.  A couple of months later, when I saw some digital photos of it, I knew I had to have him do mine as well.  It was
absolutely gorgeous!   To say the results are a masterpiece is an understatement.  It’s not just a paint job-- it’s a damned work of art.  Most
camouflage paint jobs are two dimensional—this one appears to be three dimensional.  I had to have mine done.
     The first I saw of it was via a series of digital photos he took as he was halfway through working on it.  I was scared silly!  Alan had never been
to the northwest and my instructions were “I wanted it to blend in up here, in traditional woodlands colors and pattern.”  What I saw was a mass
of bright colors, most noticeable, the primary shade of green that seemed to jump out at me!
     I was nerveous.  I didn’t know what the final result would be.  Several weeks later, the rifle arrived and I was amazed.  It was beautiful.  But it
sure was bright, or so I initially thought.
     The base coat of a light brown covered everything, stock, barrel, receiver, rings and mount and the scope as well.  Over that was two different
shades of green—one olive and the other I can only described as a very bright green.  Outlining each color was a combination of black and white,
giving it its three dimensional appearance.
     No matter how I looked at it, the rifle stood out.  It didn’t match my military Gore-Tex woodland pattern.  It looked, different.  I had doubts
whether it would blend into our northwest woods, given its brightness.  So I carried it outside and into the woods.  And that’s when the
transformation took place.  The damned thing disappeared in the underbrush of the Washington rain forest!  Among the bright, large ferns that
make up the floor of these woods, the rifle became one with its surroundings.  I was amazed—and finally, very pleased.
     It has drawn in everyone who sees it when I take it to the range.  Other paint jobs pale in comparison.  Now I’m trying to decide which rifle
I’ll send to him next for an entirely new paint scheme.  And that’s the kicker—each rifle he paints is unique—no two are alike in color of paint or
color scheme.  They’re truly, works of art.

Loston E. Carter
LtCol USMC (Ret)
Bellingham, Washington       
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