After the Wright Brothers had secured contracts with European and American governments, they set up flight schools to start training pilots. The Army airplane trials had been held at Fort Myer, Maryland in 1908 because of its proximity to Washington, headquarters of the Army and its Aeronautical Division, but the commandant at Fort Myer refused …
Ohio Landscape Photographs On Permanent Display In Kettering Health Network Hospital Over the past five years I have created upwards of 200 photographs that are on display in Kettering Health Network hospital buildings and offices from Troy to Middletown. Sunrise In Miami County was created on a fall morning in Bethel Township. I was searching …
Walking The Boulevard des Pyrénées: In Pau, France there is a mile-long walkway called The Boulevard des Pyrénées which faces the Pyrénées mountains in the distance. Wright State University research library has a historic photograph Katharine Wright, Countess Cordelia de Lambert, Orville Wright, and Wilbur Wright walking the boulevard in Pau in their collection. This …
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Wilbur Wright makes more flight demonstrations in Pau, France The next two photographs in my Wright Brothers: Then and Now series were created in Pau, France. Before I went to France, I asked Dawne Dewey, the head librarian at Wright State University research library, if she had any contacts in France. She gave me the …
Wilbur Wright making flight demonstrations in Le Mans, France 1908 At the end of 1905 the Wright Brothers decided that they had a flying machine that worked. They set about selling their invention at this point. Because the United States government and American press had ignored what the Wrights had accomplished, Wilbur was invited to …
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Here are three images from my Wright Brothers – Then and Now series that are from the time period of 1901 – 1902 when they were flying kites and gliders to determine aerodynamics of wing shapes. Maria and I went to Kitty Hawk, NC in the summer if 2016 to visit the Wright Brothers National …
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I have an art show up at Grace Methodist church gallery right now. Oh course no one can see it. I have another show scheduled for April 23rd at The Light Factory gallery, http://lightfactory.org/exhibitions-upcoming/, Charlotte, NC. The gallery is closed for now and we don’t know when it will reopen. I am showing my Wight …
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I have some exciting news. I am honored to be one of five artists to be selected to create new works of art for the Wilmington-Stroop branch library. My piece will be a large scale triptych photograph based on Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds life long relationship. This area of Kettering had for many years …
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I’ve been working on a photography project this fall for The Kettering Physician Network. They are moving into a new building in Tipp City Ohio and wanted fine art photographs of the surrounding are to put up inside the building. So I have been traveling around Miami County Ohio photographing all the interesting, natural and …
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