New! C1 Corvette Art
The birth of an American Icon. The 1953 Corvette was a less than spectacular start to a car that would ultimately come to define the American sports car. Underpowered and overpriced, Harley Earl’s vision of an American two-seat sports car relied largely on off the shelf components and was almost entirely hand built on a make shift assembly line. Following tepid sales for the three years it was in production, the Corvette program was nearly…
Afterpay Payment Plan Now Available
If you have purchased art from me before, you know that I use Square as my credit card processor. I’ve used others before including Elavon, Paypal, and Stripe but, for me, Square has always provided the most reliable service at a fair rate. So I was more than a little nervous when they were recently purchased by Intuit (think Quickbooks). My relationship with Square has been solid and I wasn’t anxious for changes that I…
More Morgan—The Plus 8
The Morgan Plus 4 was already an outstanding sports car but the addition of the Rover 3.5 litre V8 through the magic of Maurice Owen turned it into the fastest accelerating production car in the UK. Over it’s original production run—from 1968 to 2004—the Plus 8 saw the engine displacement grow from the the original 3.5 litres to a prodigious 4.6 litres and the gearbox go from a 4-speed to a 5-speed along with increases…
New! Canvas Prints
One of the biggest challenges with shipping framed art isn’t actually keeping it safe. I conquered that challenge a while back with the investing in the Art Safe shipper. No, the biggest problem has always been the cost of shipping. Both of the most common carriers—Federal Express and United Parcel Service—have restrictions on the dimensional weight of shipments and impose some hefty oversize fees once those limits are exceeded. In practical terms, this has meant…
Avanti—A Love Letter From Raymond Loewy
At the start of the 60s, having failed to introduce competitive models over several years, the venerable Studebaker Company was in deep financial trouble. In a last gasp effort to elevate the brand, the engaged Raymond Loewy and a group of talented designers to come up with a design that would resurrect the company’s flagging fortunes and be competitive with the cars coming out of Detroit. The design group holed up in a rented house…
Greenwich Concours 2022
Only two weeks to go before the 2022 Greenwich Concours—June 3-5 and I’m getting close to being ready to go. The booth elevation is done, art has been curated, and the literature is all on hand. Next up is to drag all of the gear out of the loft and go through everything before the final pack up. After missing Amelia Island this year due to some pesky medical stuff, I’m really excited to be…
Amelia Concours 2022
“Well my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…” Headed out to the Amelia Concours happening March 3rd through the 6th at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and Amelia Island Golf Club. I took a year off last year and am really stoked to be going back and bringing with me a couple of new art collections. I’ll be hauling all of the event gear out of the loft over the next few weeks, checking it over,…
Competition Colors Cunningham Jaguar Lightweight Prints
I’ve always admired the Jaguar Lightweights—both the roadster and coupe versions—but have a particular fascination with Briggs Cunningham’s efforts at the 1963 24-Hours of Le Mans. There’s just something fundamentally beastly about those cars. While they didn’t meet with much success at LeMans they helped Jaguar develop their E-type into one of the most successful sports cars of all time. Competition Colors started out as an experiment with monochromatic backgrounds and I liked the look so…
70th Anniversary Edition Austin-Healey 100 Prints
Perhaps the most legendary of the Austin-Healeys, the 100 was the quintessential British sports cars of the mid-50s. The beautifully sculpted lines by Gerry Coker with power from the 90bhp four cylinder engine were the perfect combination of looks and performance. Even though the early cars gave way to six cylinder power, the original four cylinder cars remain hugely popular and are considered by some to be the only true big Healey. Prints—Austin-Healey 100 70th…