Not unlike a real car, the exterior color on a car in one of my illustrations can completely change the character of the drawing. The original artwork for the Datsun 240Z showed it in the kind of cool brown/orange livery I had seen the first car in. Fast forward to a customer’s request for a print showing the car in Sunshine Yellow and you have something with a completely different vibe. The year was 1968…
One Christmas, many years ago, my brother and I were gifted a Strombecker 1/32nd scale slot car track set. It wasn’t much by today’s standards but, back then, it provided hours of enjoyment…and competition. The set came with two cars—a blue Jaguar D-Type and a red Ferrari 250TR. Maybe it was the track, the car, or the driver but the Ferrari always seemed the faster of the two cars and was frequently the source of…
The Austin-Healey 100S was and remains one of the most important cars in the development of Brisith sports cars. Built primarily for racing, the aluminum bodied 100S made 132BHP from it’s Weslake head equipped 4-cylinder engine and featured, 4-wheel disc brakes, the first production to do so. To save weight, no overdrive was fitted and the original folding windscreen was replaced with a fixed mounted plastic version. In all, only 50 cars were built, mostly…
“Baby” ‘Bird artwork has been on my draw list ofr quite a while and I’m glad I finally got around to drawing it. In high school, a neighbor of mine owned a coral colored example complete with continental kit. I always thought it was a cool looking ride. While the cult movie American Pie may have built household awareness for the first generation Thunderbird, the “baby ‘Birds” were already well known throughout the collector car…
I’m well overdo to get a recap of the 2025 Amelia out to folks but thanks to Paul Kaperonis from Hagerty Insurance I’m able to share photos of a good many of the simply spectacular cars that were there. This is only a small sampling of the many photos Paul took at the 30th Amelia Concours but should give you a good idea of the quality and variety of the cars on hand. If…
All good things must come to and end and, after more than a dozen years on the road, 2025 will mark my last regular tour. It’s been a blast. So many new friends, so many cool cars, I don’t think I would change a thing about the experience (well maybe the rain and/or heat at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix), but things are catching up to me. My 75th birthday is coming in April…
It’s taken forever and some push from my friend John Saccameno at Sport Specialty but I finally dove into drawing Alfas, starting with an early Gulietta. I haven’t drawn many Italian cars but this early post-war Alfa reminded a lot of post-war British cars where some of the parts selection seemed to vary considerably from year to year, I assume based on scarcity or availability. With the fist one already at the printer, I’m on…
With the 42nd annual Lime Rock Historic Festival in my rear view mirror and the end of my traveling season, it’s time to clear out this year’s show art to make room in the studio and start planning for next season’s works. In addition to several framed pieces, I also have a number of dye-sublimated fabric prints including the Jaguar XJ13, Porsche 356 Anniversary and an 8′ x 6′ lightbox version of my Corvette…
Well, Labor Day has come and gone and that means the annual Lime Rock Historic Festival is over and I’m off the road until next spring when I show up for The Amelia. I love closing out my show year with Lime Rock—four days of great people and some truly fabulous vintage racing and race cars. This year’s festival was made more special by the presentation of framed prints to Jack Rawles and Andy…
Some time back, Jon Hill from AH Spares contacted me about illustration a number of Healeys with which he planned to decorate his showroom. Cars included a variety big Healeys, a Sprite and, of course, the Healey Sports 55 boat art. This was all made possible with the help of my friend Ken Fleming who made the initial introduction as well as recommendation. Fast forward several months and Ken is in the UK to…
My Corvette Grand Sport—Independence art was the result of a customer requesting something with a patriotic theme and I could thin of no better example of an All-American race car then the Corvette Grand Sport. I have to be honest here, I was pretty skeptical of the idea but, hey, you never know how something is going to turn out unless you give it a go. The result surprised me. So much so, that I…
Surely the Jaguar XJ13 must be among the most beautiful race cars to have never seen a competitive lap. Conceived and built in the 60’s and powered by a 5 litre engine, had it ever come to fruition in time, the XJ13 would have competed with the likes of the Ford GT40s and Ferrari P4s. Early tests of the Jaguar were very promising but the program soon became bogged down following the merger with BMC.…
