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>> COMING UP, GET ON THE WATER AND INTO THE AIR WITH A SOUTHERN INDIANA PILOT.

>> SEE THE U.S.S.

LST-325 AS SHE DEPARTED FOR HER FALL TOUR.

>> AND MEET THE ARTISTS WOULD PARTICIPATED IN THE 2019 GREAT OUTDOOR ART CONTEST IN BROWN COUNTY.

>> THAT'S ALL ON THIS EPISODE OF "JOURNEY INDIANA."

♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME TO "JOURNEY INDIANA."

I'M ASHLEY CHILLA.

>> AND I'M BRANDON WENTZ.

AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM THE HAAN MUSEUM OF INDIANA ART IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY.

THIS PUBLIC MUSEUM IN LaFAYETTE HOUSES THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF INDIANA ART ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

AND OUTSIDE, YOU CAN EXPLORE A SCULPTURE GARDEN, HIKE THE WOODED NATURE TRAIL AND MUCH MORE.

AND WE'LL LEARN ALL ABOUT THE HAAN MUSEUM AND THEIR LATEST EXHIBIT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>>> BUT FIRST, WE ARE HEADED TO OHIO COUNTY, TO EAT MEET A PILOT MAKING MOST OUT OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.

PRODUCER RON PRICKLE HAS THE STORY.

>> PLUGS ARE REMOVED, FUEL CAP IS ON.

HOW IS THE FUEL SET?

>> I GREW UP IN CENTRAL IOWA AND WORKED AT THE AIRPORT THERE.

I GOT INTERESTED IN AIRPLANES THERE.

MY DAD WAS A MODEL AIRPLANE BUILDER AND ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT.

AND I WORKED FOR A FARMER IN IOWA THAT WAS IN THE NAVY, AFFILIATED WITH SEA PLANES AND KIND OF GOT INTO THIS THAT WAY.

>> LET'S TAKE IT TO THE WATER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I BOUGHT A SEAPLANE THAT WE COULD AFFORD.

THAT WAS A SEAPLANE WE HAD TO BUILD AND IT WAS HANGING IN THE BARN AT HOME ON THE FARM.

♪ >> AND THE VETERINARY FROM TOWN HERE CAME OUT AND HIS SON FLIES IN ALASKA ON FLOATS.

SAW THAT AND RECOGNIZED IT AND SAYS YOU NEED TO COME DOWN TO RISING SUN AND LOOK AT THE WATER HERE.

I DID AND I CAME DOWN HERE AND IT'S IDEAL.

IT'S ONE THE LARGEST, WIDEST, STRAIGHTEST STRETCHES OF THE OHIO RIVER.

A LONG WAYS BETWEEN DAMS AND DURING THE SUMMER TIME WHEN THE RIVER IS AT POOL, IT'S MAKES A LAKE.

MAC'S SEAPLANE IT STARTED OUT WITH FLOAT PLANES AND DID SOME RIDES AND WE ADDED MORE PLANES AND DID THIS FULL-TIME.

SEATBELTS.

LIFE VESTS ARE ON.

WE ARE COMPLETE WITH THE BRIEFING.

THE ENGINE CHECK LIST IS COMPLETE.

>> CLEAR.

HERE WE GO.

[ ENGINE STARTS ] >> WE'LL COME DOWN, GET THE AIRPLANE OUT.

WE USED TO BE READY AND WE FOUND OUT THAT PEOPLE REALLY LIKED TO WATCH THE LAUNCHING PROCESS, ABOUT AS MUCH AS FLYING AND WE KIND OF LET EVERYBODY WATCH THAT.

AND WE GO DOWN AND PUT THE AIRPLANE IN THE WATER.

WE DO PASSENGER BRIEFINGS ON THE USE OF OUR LIFE JACKETS AND EMERGENCY EXITS AND THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IN THE AIRPLANE.

>> JUST ONE ATTITUDE, TAKEOFF AND LANDING.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FLOATS INSTEAD OF THE WINGS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO FORCE THE AIRPLANE OFF.

IT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL.

IT'S LIKE TRYING TO FLY A SPEED BOAT ON THE WATER.

THE WATER IS MUCH MORE DENSE THAN THE AIR AND IT BECOMES THE OVERRIDING FACTOR.

♪ ♪ >> I HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL, AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO.

IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL.

WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A HANGAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BUILT HERE WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY.

THE CITY HAS BUILT A BUILDING AND WE LEASE IT.

THE SEAPLANE BASE IS NOT L.A.X.

IT'S NOT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

IT'S 67 INDIAN NOVEMBER.

WE FILED FOR THAT.

AND THEN ONCE WE DO, THAT THEY HAVE TO DO A NAVIGATION INTERFERENCE STUDY AND WE HAD TO TALK TO THE APPROACH CONTROLLERS AT CINCINNATI AIRPORT AND THEY KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE DISCUSSED PATTERNS.

WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING HERE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS NOW.

WE DON'T GO HIGH ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE BOTTOM OF THEIR AIR SPACE.

IT'S QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT.

IT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT RATING TO FLY ON THE WATER.

THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENTS.

THERE'S DOCKING AND SAILING AND MOORING AND RAMPING, ANCHORING, ROUGH WATER, COULD FIND AREA OF TAKEOFF AND GLASSY WATER TAKEOFF.

>> WE GOT TO FLY LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIVER AND IF SOMEONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, WE MAKE IT EASIER TO SEE.

>> WITH SEAPLANES, YOU KNOW THIS AIRPLANE BEHIND US TAKES A MILE, WATER LOADED TO TAKE OFF AND IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 1500 FEET IF YOU ARE BY YOURSELF.

SO IT HAS A BIG EFFECT WITH WEIGHT.

THREE TIMES LONGER TO TAKE OFF IN A SEAPLANE, THAN LANDING.

YOU CAN LAND IN A LAKE THAT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF, UNLESS YOU TAKE THE AIRPLANE APART.

>> IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT ART TO AVIATION.

I JUST CALL IT CLIMB WITH NO BRAKES.

>> THE SEAPLANE PILOTS ASSOCIATION HAS A GREAT ONLINE WATER LANDING DIRECTORY THAT REALLY HELPS TO DEFINE WHAT WATER IS AVAILABLE TO LAND ON.

♪ >> THE OHIO RIVER IS AN OPEN FEDERAL NAVIGATABLE WATER AND WE CAN OPERATE HERE WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL PERMITTING.

>> FLEW A YOUNG AMISH BOY.

THEY WATCHED US FOR AN HOUR AND HE ASKED ME HOW MUCH A RIDE WAS.

HE TOLD ME.

HE SAID THANK YOU.

HE WENT UP AND TALKED TO HIS DAD, I GUESS AND CAME BACK DOWN WITH THE MONEY.

AND I TOOK HIM FOR A FLIGHT AND HE WAS VERY STIFF.

HE TOLD ME IT WAS HIS FIRST AIRPLANE RIDE.

I CAME BACK AN LANDED AND I SAID HOW COME YOUR DAD SAID IT WAS OKAY TO GO FLYING.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

HE SAID IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY WHEELS AN HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY.

>> OUR BUSINESS STARTED OUT 90% RIDES AND 10% TRAINING.

WE ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD MINE OUT OUR LOCAL AREA WITH RIDERS, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN.

I WOULD SAY NOW WE ARE PROBABLY 50/50 WITH RIDES AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE WIND STREAKS OUT ON THE WATER GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF WHAT DIRECTION THE WIND IS BLOWING, THAT AND GROUND FLAGS.

AND IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT, YOU CAN ALWAYS STICK YOUR WATER RUDDERS UP AND THE WATER WEATHER VEIN.

>> IT'S PROBABLY ON EVERY PILOT'S BUCKET LIST TO GET A SEAPLANE RATING.

WE HAVE TO DO MORE COMMERCIAL SEAPLANE RATING BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE OHIO RAVER.

IT TAKES -- RIVER.

IT TAKES MORE TIME TO GET QUALIFIED ON THIS RIVER.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GIVE QUICK RIDES JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE BUT WE MAKE A LOST COMMERCIAL SEAPLANE PILOTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE PREFER TO DO.

>> WELL, I WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT FLIGHT SCHOOLS TO GO AHEAD AND GET ALL OF MY RATINGS FROM PRIVATE ALL THE WAY TO COMMERCIAL.

AND THEN I CAME HERE ASKING FOR MY SEAPLANE RATING, WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE TRAINING SEAPLANE PROCESS.

AND GOT MY COMMERCIAL SEAPLANE.

HE PUT ME THROUGH A FEW TRAINING FLIGHTS, AND SENT ME UP ON SEVERAL TOURS AND HERE I AM TODAY.

>> PRETTY SIMPLE IN SEAPLANES.

WE DON'T USE FULL FLAPS BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FULL STALL LANDING IN A SEA PLANE.

IT'S ALL HYDRODYNAMIC RATHER THAN AERODYNAMIC.

>> WE DEVELOPED A TRAINING HERE THAT WE KNOW VERY WELL AND A WISE PILOT, AN OLDER SEAPLANE PILOT.

HE SAID, WHEN YOU ARE IN A SEA PLANE, IT'S EASY TO EXPLORE.

BUT IF YOU EXPLORE, YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING.

I TOOK THAT TO HEART, AND WE HAVE A TRAINING AREA FROM AURORA ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RIVER TO THE WARSAW DAM.

>> MAKE THE FLAPS 20 DEGREES AND FUEL SELECTOR, THE RUDDERS ARE UP.

WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE CLOSED AND LOCKED.

♪ ♪ >> WE ARE INDIANA'S WORST ON TIME PERFORMANCE AIRLINE.

WE ARE CANCEL A FLIGHT IF IT'S UNSAFE OR WE WON'T GO IF IT'S UNSAFE.

WE WILL BE GLAD TO STAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST, I GUESS.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.

WE ARE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, REALLY.

PEOPLE DON'T COME OUT HERE UNLESS THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN AND IT'S TO GO THEM, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> UP WEST MOST INTERESTING THINGS -- ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS IS HOW QUICK YOU FIND OUT HOW YOUR PASSENGERS, THEIR PERSONALITY IS.

AND AFTER THE FIRST FEW MINUTES, YOU KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WILL DO YOUR TOUR FROM THERE.

NO TWO TOURS I DO ARE THE SAME.

IT'S JUST BASED ON THE PERSONALITY OF WHO I'M FLYING WITH.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS THAT I WANTED TO DO THIS, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, IT WAS REALLY AN INTEREST TO ME TO GO TO THE AIRPORTS AND WATCH THE AIRPLANES FLY, WATCH AIRPLANES, HANG OUT, BE ABLE TO GET CLOSE TO THE AVIATION COMMUNITY.

WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IN MY LIFETIME, THE AIRPORT SECURITY HAS GONE UP.

THERE'S FENCES AROUND EVERYTHING.

IT'S KIND OF INTIMIDATING.

WE ARE DOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN ON PURPOSE.

WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE INTERESTED IN AVIATION.

WHO KNOWS.

THESE KIDS THAT ARE WATCHING US, I MEAN LITTLE KIDS WATCHING US FLY, HOW WILL IT IMPRINT THEM LATER ON.

MAYBE THEY WILL PICK A JOB OR MAYBE THEY WILL BE FLYING AIRLINERS BY REMOTE CONTROL.

AVIATION HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES.

>> THAT IS SUCH A FASCINATING LINE OF WORK, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER THAT THERE ARE LAKES BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO LAND IN, BUT NOT TAKE OFF FROM?

>> NO.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON TO DISCOVER THAT.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

JUST HEAD OVER TO MACSSEAPLANE.COM.

>> EARLIER WE CAUGHT UP WITH ELLIE HAAN TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THE INCREDIBLY HAAN MUSEUM.

♪ >> THE HAAN MUSEUM IS MANY MUSEUMS IN ONE.

IT'S A HOUSE IN AND HISTORIC BUILDING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AT THE WORLD FAIR IN St. LOUIS.

THIS HAPPENED WHEN MY HUSBAND BOB AND I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE IN 1984.

WE STARTED WORKING ON IT IN 1992.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE DECIDED WE NEEDED SOMETHING TO DECORATE THE WALLS.

WE WILL THOUGHT, WELL, INDIANA ART WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GO.

IT WOULD BE A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE AND COULD YOU HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION.

WE REALIZED IT WAS THE QUALITY OF THE MUSEUM, WE STARTED CONCENTRATING ON FURNITURE.

SO THE FURNITURE IS ALL AMERICAN FURNITURE WITH SOME REALLY WONDERFUL PIECES.

AND THEN WE STARTED COLLECTING CERAMICS.

SO THERE'S A WONDERFUL INDIANA CERAMICS COLLECTION AS WELL.

SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THERE'S JUST SO MUCH WONDERFUL ART FROM INDIANA.

WE THOUGHT IT NEEDED TO BE SHARED.

WE HAVE A WOOTEN DESK.

IT'S A SUPERIOR GRADE AND MADE IN INDIANAPOLIS BY WOOTEN DESK COMPANY.

THEY WERE ONLY IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND THEY MADE FOUR GRADES OF DESKS AND THE ONE WE HAVE IS A SUPERIOR GRADE AND THAT'S THE TOP GRADE THEY HAD AND THEY ONLY MADE ABOUT 10 OR 12 OF THOSE IN THEIR ENTIRE TIME.

BUT IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE AND YOU OPEN IT UP AND IT HAS, I THINK ABOUT 110 CUBICLES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE AMOUNT OF DECORATION ON IT IS JUST AMAZING.

IN TERMS OF INDIANA ART, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IS T.C.

STEELE.

AND WE HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL SELECTION OF FUGITIVE FIGURATIVE WORKS AND WE HAVE THE OLD MILLS AND IT WAS IN THE CENTER ARTS PALACE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.

AND IT MAKES IT REALLY PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS HOUSE.

SO IN 2014, WE DECIDED THAT CERAMICS WOULD ADD A LOT TO THE MUSEUM, BECAUSE IT WOULD ON A DIFFERENT PLANE THAN THE PAINTINGS AND IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS REALLY AN IMPORTANT ADDITION.

IT JUST KIND OF SAYS, LOOK AT ME!

WHEREAS THE PAINTINGS HANG VERY QUIETLY ON THE WALLS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CERAMICS BY COLLEGE PROFESSORS FROM AROUND INDIANA AND SOME WHO HAVE MOVED TO DIFFERENT STATES.

THEY ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL CERAMICS.

THEY ARE TABLES AND CHAIRS AND STOOLS AND JUST ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS.

TOP LINE IS A REALLY WELL NOUNED RENOWNED ARTIST.

HE HAS A NUMBER OF PEACES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

THE SHOW THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE WORLD IS CALLED EGYPT REVISITED.

AND IT'S PIECES THAT HE MADE OF FIGURES FROM EGYPT'S 18th 18th DYNASTY.

AND THERE'S KING TUT AND WE RECENTLY DEDICATED A STATUE CALLED GENERATIONS BY TUCK LANGELAND AND TUCK AND HIS WIFE DONATED THAT.

IT'S AN OLDER GENTLEMAN.

HE HAS A CHILD ON HIS SHOULDER, AND THEY LIKE THAT FOR THE HAAN MUSEUM BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN IS PASSING HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS CULTURE ON TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER AND THE HAAN MUSEUM, YOU KNOW, COLLECTS CULTURAL THINGS AND PASSES THEM ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE HAAN MUSEUM, IT'S LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME.

YOU CAN SEE THIS WONDERFUL ARCHITECTURE AND THE WONDERFUL OLD FURNITURE.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT, WHETHER YOU LIKE ART OR ANTIQUES OR ARCHITECTURE, IT'S HERE AT THE HAAN.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT HAANMUSEUM.ORG.

>>> YOU KNOW, BRANDON NOT ONLY IS THE HAAN MUSEUM A REALLY COOL PLACE TO VISIT, BUT IT'S SET IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS HISTORIC AND INTERESTING AND I THINK IT'S WORTH A VISIT ON ITS OWN.

>> HMM.

JUST TAKE A WALK AROUND THE WALKING TRAILS.

>>> UP NEXT, WE'RE BACK ON THE RIVER TO SEE EVANSVILLE, LST-325 SET OUT ON HER ANNUAL FALL TOUR.

PRODUCER JASON PEAR HAS THE STORY.

♪ ♪ >> LST IS A LANDING SHIP TANK.

THERE WERE 1,050 OF THESE BUILT DURING WORLD WAR II.

THEY GOT TANKS AND OTHER HEAVY STUFF WHERE THERE WAS NO PORT BEACHES LIKE IN FRANCE ON D-DAY.

THIS OPENING UP THE WHOLE ATLANTIC.

WE TALKED ABOUT NORMANDY.

THIS PARTICULAR SHIP WAS THERE AT D-DAY IN NORTH AFRICA.

WE REMIND FOLKS THAT THERE'S 60 SOME ODD LANDINGS IN THE PACIFIC AND THE LST WAS CRITICAL TO ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OUT OF 1,050 THAT'S STILL IN THE ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II CONFIGURATION, AND SAILS ON ITS OWN POWER.

THERE WERE 229 LSTs AT D-DAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY ONE OF THEM IS STILL FLOATING AND YOU ARE ON IT TODAY HERE IN EVANSVILLE.

EVANSVILLE, THE SHIPYARD, WHICH IS LESS THAN A MILE FROM WHERE WE ARE SITTING BUILT THE MOST LST'S.

THIS IS THE LST CAPITAL.

♪ IT'S A BATTLESHIP WITH A BIG HOLE IN THE FRONT WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?

ACTUALLY THE BRITISH DID.

THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS BRITISH.

BUT AMERICA MADE THEM ALL.

THIS SHIP GOES UP ON THE BEACH, AND IT CAN UNLOAD 20 SHERMAN TANKS AND 20 TRUCKS AND 200 TROOPS.

IT'S GOT A SLIGHT SLOPE TO IT, WHICH SENG NEARS TO ENGINEERED TO BE THE AVERAGE GRADE OF YOUR AVERAGE BEACH IN THE WORLD.

>> WE ARE GOOD TO TRY THE PROPS, CAPTAIN.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO CAST OFF HERE IN A LITTLE BIT AT 10:00.

THEY ARE HEADING ON THEIR ANNUAL TRIP.

THIS IS OUR MAIN FUND-RAISER.

WE USUALLY MAKE TWO TO THREE STOPS.

ONE MAJOR STOP WHICH WILL BE CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AND TWO LESSER STOPS, THE FIRST ONE BEING IN BRANDONBURG, KENTUCKY, AND THEN ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.

>> CONTINUE AHEAD, CAPTAIN.

>> AND THEY WILL DO TOURS LIKE WE DO HERE IN EVANSVILLE ALL YEAR.

ONLY IN THAT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS THEY ARE GONE, THEY WILL TAKE IN MORE PEOPLE THAN WE GET HERE ALL YEAR AT EVANSVILLE.

THE CREW ON HERE TODAY WILL BE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE, AVERAGE AGE 69 OR 70.

AND THEY COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, REALLY ALL OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WITH A FEW COMING FROM AS FAR OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FAR WEST.

SO THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.

AND THEN THEY ARE READY TO GET OFF THE SHIP IN THREE AND A HALF WEEKS AND GO HOME.

IT'S HOT, HARD WORK, BUT IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE.

>> SMOOTH SAILING, LST-325.

>> THANK YOU, MR. DONAHUE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL DO YOU.

>> A LOT OF THEM BRING THEIR GRANDPAS OR DADS HERE WHO ARE IN THEIR 90s.

THEY COME FROM WHEREVER IN THE COUNTRY.

BECAUSE GRANDPA HAS NOT SEEN AN LST SINCE 1943.

SO THAT'S THE MOST GRATIFYING THING I SEE HERE.

♪ >> SO ASHLEY, I KNOW YOU HAVE SPENT SYMPATHY TIME ON CRUISE SHIPS.

-- SOME TIME ON CRUISE SHIPS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU WOULD DO THREE WEEKS ON THE WATER ON THIS LANDING SHIP?

>> I THINK I WOULD DO PRETTY WELL.

I HAVE GOOD SEA LEGS.

I DON'T GET SEA SICK.

I LOVE THE FOOD.

>> THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A U.S.O.

PERSON.

>> CALL ME.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT LSTMEMORIAL.ORG.

>>> FINALLY, WE'RE OFF TO BROWN COUNTY.

TO EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF 2019'S GREAT OUTDOOR ART CONTEST.

♪ ♪ >> TODAY IS A TRIBUTE TO T.C.

STEELE, AND THE WHOLE PLEIN-AIR ARTS MOVE.

PLEIN-AIR IS THE ART OF ARTISTS WHO PAINT OUTSIDE, IN THE PLAIN AIR, IN THE OPEN AIR.

IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR ME AND MANY ARTISTS BECAUSE YOU SEE COLOR.

YOU CAN SEE COLOR BETTER THAN IF I WERE TO JUST TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH AND PAINT FROM A PHOTOGRAPH IF A STUDIO.

-- PHOTOGRAPH IN A STUDIO.

I DECIDED.

I COME FROM OHIO HERE AND I JUST TO GIVE MY TRIBUTE TO THE MOVEMENT AND TO T.C.

STEELE, AND THE OTHER INDIANA PLEIN-AIR PAINTERS.

♪ ♪ >> TODAY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIME STRUCTURE.

WE CAN START AT 7 AND WE HAVE TO BE SET UP FOR JUDGING AT 2:00, WHICH REALLY MEANS YOU NEED TO STOP BETWEEN 1 AND 1:30, DEPENDING HOW READY YOU ARE TO SET IT UP ON AN EASEL.

YOU JUST SIT AND PAINT OUTSIDE, NO MATTER WHAT THE ELEMENTS ARE.

I MEAN, IT MAY SEEM SILLY TO PEOPLE TO SEE WHEN THERE'S ALL OF THIS OTHER NATURE THAT I'M SITTING AND PAINTING A FLOWER IN A POT.

BUT IT'S JUST WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

I WILL THOUGHT, OKAY, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO PAINT.

SO I SET MYSELF UP HERE.

>> I REALLY ENJOY THE SOLITUDE OF IT.

I LOVE THE REFLECTIONS WITH THE WATER LILIES.

SO IT'S JUST A PERSONAL CHOICE.

THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT PLACES TO PAINT HERE.

I'M OUT TO HAVE FUN.

WINNING WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

[ CHUCKLES ] BUT THERE'S THAT CAMARADERIE, THAT IT'S A SUPPORT SYSTEM IN MANY WAYS.

SO I ENJOY THAT VERY MUCH.

>> THE WHOLE IDEA OF PAINTING OUTDOORS REALLY CAME ABOUT IN THE 19th CENTURY WHEN THEY STARTED TO MAKE PAINT IN TUBES SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY CARRY IT OUTSIDE.

BEFORE, THAT YOU COULDN'T LEAVE THE STUDIO.

YOU JUST HAD TO MAYBE MAKE SKETCHES AND COME BACK TO THE STUDIO BECAUSE ALL THE PAINT WAS MADE IN A STUDIO, AND IT WASN'T TRANSPORTABLE.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA OF IMPRESSIONISM CAME ABOUT THEN BECAUSE THE PAINTERS WERE -- THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY EVEN CALL THEM PAINTINGS.

THEY CALLED THEM IMPRESSIONS.

PART OF THE IDEA WAS YOU WOULD GO OUT AND WOULD YOU TRY TO CAPTURE THE LIGHT.

THAT MOMENT AS IT EXISTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY INTIMIDATING.

ITS A LITTLE BIT LIKE PLAYING A COMPANY BASEBALL GAME IN YANKEE STADIUM.

YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME KARMA FROM MR. STEELE AND HIS WIFE AND THE PEOPLE THAT PAINTED HERE BEFORE US THAT CAN RUB OFF AND INSPIRE US TO DO GREAT WORK.

>> ACTUALLY, WHEN I SET DOWN HERE TO DO THIS, THERE WAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL LIGHT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF PLEIN-AIR PAINTING, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE TO CHASE IT, OR IT'S GOING TO CHASE YOU.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO I'M HOPING IT COMES BACK HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

THE FIRST TIME I EVER PLEIN-AIR PAINTED, RIGHT HERE ON LOCATION, WAS T.C.

STEELE.

THAT WAS THE FIRST -- THE FIRST YEAR I ACTUALLY GOT OUT AND DID IT ON LOCATION.

IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

AND JUST ARTISTS CANISTS CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY THE DAY.

LIFE IN THE DAY OF T.C.

STEELE, WITH A FEW MORE ARTISTS HERE AND THERE.

IT'S FUN.

A LOT OF TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM IT.

YOU CAN BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

YOU CAN ENJOY THE NATURE, OR YOU CAN -- YEAH.

IT'S PRETTY AWESOME THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT.

>> IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO ENGAGE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SEE THE WORKS THAT EVERYONE HAS CREATED IN ONE SPACE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW, JUST THERE'S A TOUCH OF FALL, AND WE CAN CAPTURE THAT, BUT I LOVE INDIANA SUBJECT MATTER IN GENERAL.

I MEAN I PAINT -- WHEREVER I TRAVEL, I PAINT, WHETHER IT'S MAINE OR NEW MEXICO OR FLORIDA, BUT I FEEL SO AT HOME AS A HOOSIER AT HOME, JUST HERE IN OUR LANDSCAPE.

THE GREEN, THE BEAUTY EVERYWHERE.

>> REALLY PAINTING IS A MEDITATION, WHERE YOU JUST GET INTO WHAT YOU SEE, AND TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR MEDIUM.

AS YOU STAND HERE, YOU SEE SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS, LIKE BIRDS.

SOMETIMESAN EAGLE WILL FLY BY.

BEAUTIFUL HERON AND OTHER STIMULI THAT MAKE YOU FEEL REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

I HAVE PAINTED BUILDINGS IN THE PAST AND T.C.

DID TOO, BUT TODAY WAS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL NATURE DAY.

♪ ♪ >> IF YOU DON'T STOP AND LOOK AT IT, YOU QUIT SEEING IT.

SO THIS FORCES YOU TO REALLY CONCENTRATE AND HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION, A DAILY APPRECIATION WHEN YOU ARE PAINTING FOR WHAT IS.

♪ ♪ >> BRANDON, HAVE YOU EVER TRIED PAINTING OR DOING ANY KIND OF ART OUTSIDE.

>> THE ONLY TYPE OF ART I DID OUTSIDE WAS PERFORMANCE ART, LIKE IN AUDITORIUMS OUTSIDE AND STUFF.

>> I HAVE DONE PAINTING AND DRAWING.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE ELEMENTS.

>> WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT T.C.

STEELE, TURN INTO WTIU THIS FALL, TO SEE "SINGING WINDS, THE LIFE AND WORKS OF T.C.

STEELE."

ALL INFO IS AT THE ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN.

AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US.

>> JUST HEAD OVER TO JOURNEYINDIANA.ORG.

THERE YOU CAN SEE FULL EPISODES, CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM, AND SUGGEST STORIES FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A MAP FEATURE THAT ALLOWS TO YOU SEE WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND PLAN YOUR OWN INDIANA ADVENTURES.

>> BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE, LET'S SPEND A BIT MORE TIME EXPLORING THE TREASURES HERE AT THE HAAN MUSEUM OF INDIANA ART.

♪ ♪ >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY: COLUMBUS VISITORS CENTER, CELEBRATING EVERYWHERE ART AND UNEXPECTED ARCHITECTURE IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

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