Flying Over Time Collection

Radio Train, 16" x 20", Mixed-Media and Acrylic on Canvas, 2021, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Exhibited across select recent gallery showcases.

An evolution of the intense perspective studies begun in Broken Wing, Radio Train is a brilliant, kinetic meditation on 1920s technological acceleration. Designed as a dual-orientation piece, the 16-by-20-inch canvas can be hung horizontally to depict a steam locomotive violently cutting through space, or vertically, transforming the composition into a towering radio transmission antenna. Rendered in aggressive strokes of crimson and pink, the painting directly incorporates original paper elements and references a vintage photograph captured by Donald A. Hall Sr. himself. Executed five years after his formal mentorship with Leandro Soto, Nova Hall masterfully controls negative space and Rauschenberg-style assemblage to explore the competing forces of mass transit and mass communication during the birth of the aerospace era.