Dreams of Flight, 20" x 16", Mixed-Media, Acrylic, and Archival Newsprint on Canvas, 2024, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Recent Collection. Inspired by volunteer and aviator Doug Winner.

Dreams of Flight mixed-media painting by Nova Hall. A 20x16 inch 2024 canvas featuring a hot air balloon constructed from 1927 Donald A. Hall Estate Archive newsprint, including the face of Charles Lindbergh. Inspired by pilot Doug Winner. Explores the pre-fixed-wing history of aviation utilizing Robert Rauschenberg assemblage and Arte Povera techniques. Ideal for aeronautical history museums and fine art collectors. — Dreams of Flight, 20" x 16", Mixed-Media, Acrylic, and Archival Newsprint on Canvas, 2024, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Recent Collection. Inspired by volunteer and aviator Doug Winner. · Nova Hall

Created in 2024, Dreams of Flight steps backward in aeronautical history, leaving the rigid wings of the 1920s behind to explore the romantic, lighter-than-air origins of human flight. Measuring 20 by 16 inches, the canvas features a central hot air balloon drifting through an abstract, swirling atmosphere of deep purples and textured blues. The balloon’s envelope is entirely constructed from physical collage—authentic 1927 newsprint from the Donald A. Hall Estate, within which the face of Charles Lindbergh is subtly visible. Born from a challenge by a pilot to create a truly inspiring balloon painting, the artwork utilizes the Rauschenberg assemblage techniques and Arte Povera principles foundational to Nova's work, proving that the dream of breaking gravity transcends the machine itself.