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 and its early fall in SoCal. I’ was a high school senior growing up in Riverside and working part time for a neighbor who volunteered at Riverside International Raceway on the weekends. It’s Saturday and I’m headed over to my neighbors to go to work and what do my eyes behold when I walk up the driveway? What must have been one of the very first 240Z’s to hit the states, about to be a gift to the winner of that weekend’s race. It’s a memory that has stayed with me of a truly ground breaking car.
Art work will be completed on or about July 22nd. Press run will be limited to 25 prints. Reserve yours now.
Datsun 240Z prints may be purchased as:
- acid-free archival prints in two sizes—22″ x 16″ (framed or unframed) or 30″ x 20″ (unframed only)
- 30″ x 20″ framed canvas prints
- 47″ x 23″ brushed aluminum prints (special order only)
- or backlit or unlit large-scale dye-sublimated prints (up to 30′ x 10′, special order only).
