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I’ve never been a person who imagines she can fly, never woken up disappointed from a dream where I was soaring through the air. The desire to fly, however, is recurrent theme in human history. From Icarus to Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary hang gliders, it seems that humans have always desired a “bird’s eye view”. Even hang gliders aren’t quite flying, though. Human-powered flight is something yet to be achieved.

This work is the result of my attempt to understand human fascination with avian flight. I should add that I was struck by the number of people who tried to tell me that human-powered flight is impossible. To them I say first that physicists don’t understand how bumblebees fly, but they do fly. Second, those who decry this kind of thing as impossible are missing the point, aren’t they?

Artist, Photographer

The Apiculturist
Branches
Grandma's Flower Garden
Grandma diptych a
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The Avian Series
Draft
Avian I
Avian II
Avian III
Avian IV
Avian V
Avian VI
Avian VII
Avian VIII
Avian IX
Avian X
Aerial
Untitled (Insect)
Untitled (Butterfly)
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