ARTIST: Steve Ferguson (American, born 1946)
TITLE: Plane - Alpha
YEAR: 1997
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 17 x 14 inches / 43 x 35 cm
BOARD SIZE: 20 x 15 inches / 50 x 38 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
NOTE: This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 32c Alpha Classic Collection Series stamp issued July 19, 1997. In 1928, Jack Northrup left his job with Lockheed and started his own airplane company. Northrup's first plane appeared in 1930, a speedy, six-passenger, cabin monoplane called the Alpha. Designed to be used as a mail and passenger carrier for TWA, the streamlined, low-winged, single-engine plane was made entirely of metal -- unusual for the time. Covered with stressed-skin duralumin, the Alpha sported one of the strongest and most resilient wings in all of aviation. The unique wing was designed with internal multicellular construction, consisting of aluminum spars and ribs that formed a series of small, rigid compartments or cells -- much like those of a honeycomb.
PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
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Steve is known best for creating vibrant and passionate pieces of art. He started his training at the age of 34 and had his first exhibition in Sussex a year later. He channels his inspiration from nature, texture and form with the inspiration of many great artists past and present and particularly from the Cornish artists and sculptors. For the past nine years he has been selling his work at Greenwich Art and Craft market in London. In the past two year his work has been displayed successfully in galleries in Sussex and further a field. Galleries in which Steven's work can be viewed are Io Gallery in Brighton, The Wood Store in Brighton Green tree Gallery at Borde hill gardens in West Sussex, Gallery fifty five in Hampshire, Fisherton mill Gallery in Sailsbury, Saltbox Gallery in York and Doghouse Gallery in Belfast.