Lindbergh's First Sunset, 20" x 16", Mixed-Media and Acrylic on Canvas, 2015, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Private Collection. Acquired by S.J. (Phoenix, AZ) for $1,000. Part of an unreleased developmental series.

Lindbergh's First Sunset mixed-media painting by Nova Hall. A 20x16 inch 2015 acrylic and newsprint canvas depicting the Spirit of St. Louis flying into the first night of the transatlantic crossing. Features Robert Rauschenberg assemblage techniques and vivid, turbulent ocean imagery. Acquired by S.J. of Phoenix for $1,000. Targeted for aviation art collectors and contemporary historical art buyers. — Lindbergh's First Sunset, 20" x 16", Mixed-Media and Acrylic on Canvas, 2015, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Private Collection. Acquired by S.J. (Phoenix, AZ) for $1,000. Part of an unreleased developmental series. · Nova Hall

A vivid, atmospheric work from 2015, Lindbergh's First Sunset captures the deceptive calm before the psychological terror of the Atlantic night. The 20-by-16-inch canvas is split horizontally: the upper register burns with the brilliant, optimistic reds, oranges, and yellows of the setting sun, while the lower register churns with the heavy, violent blues and whites of the freezing ocean waves. The silver monoplane is caught between these two immense forces. Continuing the assemblage traditions learned from Leandro Soto, authentic newsprint is torn and embedded directly into the ocean swells and the aircraft’s fuselage, literally weighing the scene down with the burden of history. Custom-created for a private collection, it remains a rare, unexhibited glimpse into the pilot's looming isolation.