Oil painting showing aviation pioneer Harriet Quimby flying her early open-air Blériot XI monoplane high over the white cliffs of Dover. The coastal landscape far below is painted in soft, hazy greens and purples, contrasting with the pale morning sky.

Harriet Quimby

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Medium Oil on Panel
Dimensions 10″ × 12″ (25 × 30 cm)
Year 2025
Exhibition Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual 2025

Harriet Quimby flies her Blériot XI over the cliffs of Dover to start her famous cross-channel flight. My first aviation oil painting, this was sold at the Guild of Aviation Artists annual exhibition 2025 and won a pair of awards at the show.

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