9" x 12", oil on canvas boardPrivate collection of Mitch Singer
Monday, July 7, 2008
Still Life
Bananas12" x 9", oil on canvas panel
Oranges
12" x 9", oil on canvas
Private collection of Anne Hawthorne
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Star Wars Art Cars - Only for the hardcore!
There is nothing that says "I am a die hard Star Wars fan" than making your ride look like an X-wing starfighter, Landspeeder or something else. And only in this country can we get away with it, either as street legal daily riders or Burning Man mutant vehicles. There is also a group called Road Squadron and a flickr group by the same name dedicated to all who own a Star Wars Art Cars, and a lot of the ones below came from there. I guess if you live in high traffic, high road rage areas you need a fighting machine that could vaporise the occasional jerk who cuts you off. Explain that to the cops!
JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank at Burning Man by the "Donk" is also for sale at Amazon
Millenium Falcon by Sandra Deacon
Photo by steev-o
JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank at Burning Man by the "Donk" is also for sale at Amazon
Millenium Falcon by Sandra Deacon
Photo from Road Squadron
X-Wing Truck by Jason Volk
Photo from Road Squadron
Liberator by Shawn Crosby
Cyberbike by Shawn Crosby
Red Five X-wing by Katie Horn
Photo from Road Squadron
H-Wing Starfighter by Shawn Crosby
Another Landspeeder
Photo from Road Squadron
H-Wing Starfighter by Shawn Crosby
Another Landspeeder
Star Wars Trabant from Hungary
Darth Mall Van
Photo from Road Squadron
X-Wing Truck by Jason Volk
Photo from Road Squadron
Liberator by Shawn Crosby
Cyberbike by Shawn Crosby
Photo by steev-o
This is an actual fully functional armored car with a 320 HP v8 Engine
Photo by cryogenesys
Photo by Joel Boonstra
Photo by cryogenesys
Photo by Joel Boonstra
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Shark Art Car
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| Shark Burning Man Mutant Vehicle - via |
Its summer time and that means shark season, so I decided to pay tribute to a few of the land shark art cars out there. If you see one of these in the rear view mirror, just let go by, they don't bite but will take a chunk out of your rear bumper if you decide to slam on the brakes. A "shark art car" sounds like an oxymoron to me but someone had to do it.
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| Montana Shark Art Car - via |
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| Shark Art Car - via |
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| Brooklyn Shark Art Van - via |
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| Shark Burning Man Mutant Vehicle - via |
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| Ripper the Friendly Shark by Tom Kenndy at burning man |
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| Shark Truck by Patrick Amiot made from a 1940s International Truck |
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| Simple yet very menacing |
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| Really Big man eating shark vehicle at burning man |
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| Another one from burning man |
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| Shark Burning Man Mutant Vehicle - via |
WALTER EVERETT (1880 - 1946)
Walter Everett's life seemed to revolve around his artwork.
As a gifted child, he was preoccupied with drawing and painting. He rode a bicycle 30 miles to take art lessons from Howard Pyle, the father of American illustration. By his early 20's Everett was already acclaimed for his work in some of the most prestigious illustration markets in the country. He did this beautifully composed drawing for Colliers at age 20:
Everett was an excellent artist but he focused so much on art that he often ignored his other responsibilities. He spent so much time mastering his craft, he frequently forgot to pay his rent or utility bills. He devoted countless hours to cutting and reshaping his beloved brushes, and even designed his own easel (which he imported from France) but he neglected his wife and son, who tired of his obssession and left him in 1917. In pursuit of artistic excellence, he even ignored the demands of his clients, refusing to compromise his high standards to meet their deadlines.
This masterpiece by Everett is from the Kelly collection of American Illustration. Everett worked on it so long that the client did not have time to print it in color, and had to settle for black and white.
His personal pride in his art was apparent from his bold signature in the drawing above:
and the sign he painstakingly hand lettered for his studio:
Yup, it seems that Everett was prepared to give up just about everything for art. It was his reason for living.
Then, at the peak of his career, in an act of howling madness, Everett "gathered the bulk of his life's work," burned it to ash and disappeared from illustration forever.
Nobody knows why.
As a gifted child, he was preoccupied with drawing and painting. He rode a bicycle 30 miles to take art lessons from Howard Pyle, the father of American illustration. By his early 20's Everett was already acclaimed for his work in some of the most prestigious illustration markets in the country. He did this beautifully composed drawing for Colliers at age 20:
Everett was an excellent artist but he focused so much on art that he often ignored his other responsibilities. He spent so much time mastering his craft, he frequently forgot to pay his rent or utility bills. He devoted countless hours to cutting and reshaping his beloved brushes, and even designed his own easel (which he imported from France) but he neglected his wife and son, who tired of his obssession and left him in 1917. In pursuit of artistic excellence, he even ignored the demands of his clients, refusing to compromise his high standards to meet their deadlines.
This masterpiece by Everett is from the Kelly collection of American Illustration. Everett worked on it so long that the client did not have time to print it in color, and had to settle for black and white.
His personal pride in his art was apparent from his bold signature in the drawing above:
and the sign he painstakingly hand lettered for his studio:
Yup, it seems that Everett was prepared to give up just about everything for art. It was his reason for living.
Then, at the peak of his career, in an act of howling madness, Everett "gathered the bulk of his life's work," burned it to ash and disappeared from illustration forever.
Nobody knows why.
Lucky Stiff Wins BMW Art Car
Brad Carlile gets the "Lucky Stiff" award of the year for winning this beautiful ‘77 BMW 320i art car. It was painted on-site by Tom Cramer at his 2005 show at the Mark Woolley Gallery as part of the DeSoto building opening, Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft.
Brad, welcome to world of art cars, your life will never be the same again:)
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