The Aviator, 36" x 48", Mixed-Media on Canvas with Painted Frame, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Original Flying Over Time Art Collection. Exhibited extensively at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Challenger Space Center (presented to the Lindbergh Foundation Board).

The Aviator large mixed-media painting by Nova Hall. A massive 36x48 inch contemporary evolution of the Charles Lindbergh portrait, Lindy. Created with Robert Rauschenberg assemblage and Arte Povera techniques under Leandro Soto. Incorporates 1927 Donald A. Hall Estate Archive materials. Exhibited at the Challenger Space Center for the Lindbergh Board and ASU. A premier piece for aviation art collectors and museum buyers. — The Aviator, 36" x 48", Mixed-Media on Canvas with Painted Frame, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Original Flying Over Time Art Collection. Exhibited extensively at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Challenger Space Center (presented to the Lindbergh Foundation Board). · Nova Hall

A colossal 36-by-48-inch masterwork, The Aviator is the explosive, grand-scale evolution of the foundational Lindy portrait. Charles Lindbergh’s face, rendered in feverish, layered crimsons and ochres drawn from the emotional palettes of Marc Chagall, peers out from behind oversized flight goggles. Below him, a stark red geometric grid—representing Donald A. Hall Sr.’s unforgiving aerodynamic math and wing structures—anchors the chaotic, swirling sky. True to the raw ethos of Arte Povera instilled by Leandro Soto, the aggressive pigment bleeds heavily over the canvas boundaries and directly onto the physical frame. The surface is heavily scarred with embedded historical documents from the Donald A. Hall Estate, utilizing Robert Rauschenberg’s assemblage techniques to physically trap the myth of the aviator within the undeniable paper trail of the engineer.