Following a long career of military service with the Colorado National Guard, Army Air Corps, and US Air Force, James W. Potter Jr joined the Boeing Airplane Company in the early 1950s as an aircraft illustrator. For three decades, he produced cut-away and concept illustrations for future aircraft designs, many of which appeared in aviation magazines, trade journals, and books.

His “Epic of Flight” mural is made up of eight oil paintings depicting the early history of Boeing aircraft. From left to right, the paintings feature: a Curtiss Model D Pusher, William Boeing and Ed Hubbard with the C-700, a Boeing P-12, a Boeing Model 40, a Boeing Monomail, a Boeing P-26, a Boeing B-17 prototype, and a Boeing 247.

Following a long career of military service with the Colorado National Guard, Army Air Corps, and US Air Force, James W. Potter Jr joined the Boeing Airplane Company in the early 1950s as an aircraft illustrator. For three decades, he produced cut-away and concept illustrations for future aircraft designs, many of which appeared in aviation magazines, trade journals, and books.

His “Epic of Flight” mural is made up of eight oil paintings depicting the early history of Boeing aircraft. From left to right, the paintings feature: a Curtiss Model D Pusher, William Boeing and Ed Hubbard with the C-700, a Boeing P-12, a Boeing Model 40, a Boeing Monomail, a Boeing P-26, a Boeing B-17 prototype, and a Boeing 247.