The first business in the state to specialize exclusively in aviation art, Air Art Northwest has its roots in an earlier business in the 1980s that sold historic aircraft parts and memorabilia to museums and collectors. In the late 1980's, aviation art was on the brink of a major expansion and in early 1990, Unander quit his job in corporate communications with a Portland aerospace firm and founded Air Art Northwest.
Local customers can have prints conservation framed, shrink-wrapped or rent framed art pieces.
Air Art Northwest also provides art consulting, appraisal and historical research services to individuals, museums, companies and military agencies. The second factor is the idea that the customer should have access to a broad assortment of fine art from which to choose pieces that suit their individual taste. This means carrying the works of acomplished but lesser known artists as well as those who are intensively marketed by major publishers. We want to provide our customers with the opportunity to collect pieces of quality that are meaningful to them, not just market those that are popular at the moment or well-marketed. He has had many articles published in aviation periodicals and has led aviation achaeological expeditions in the Northwest.