‘58 Cadillac (Lady Liberty’s Cake)
©2019
Paper on canvas
16" X 20"
Themes: The Statue of Liberty, cupcakes, money, kiwi, piggy banks, Tiffany boxes, matches, fruity umbrella drinks
‘53 Chevy (Hardtop)
© 2005
Paper on canvas
Image size approximately 15" X 10.5"
Finishing: black matte in a black, wood frame
Themes: Pansies, pears, crab claws, Chinese take-out boxes, fish, Hawaiian shirts, baseballs
‘35 Auburn
© 2005
paper on canvas
Image size approximately 18" X 4"
Finishing: cream linen matte in a gold frame
Themes: Cockatiels, bamboo, Dutch money, onions, Gerbera daisies
Red Truck (I do)
©2016
Paper on canvas
(Part of the permanent collection of Arturo and Danielle Contreras)
Themes: Marriage, wedding rings, chess, money, roses, gifts, old-school microphones, milk, watermelon, gray parrots
‘72 Cadillac
©2006
Paper on canvas
Themes: Denim trousers, snakes, suggestive fruits, nuts in pairs, the Brooklyn bridge, guitars, rope
‘58 Corvette
© 2006
Paper on canvas
Image size 3" X 3"
Finishing: 4" white matte in a black, wood frame
Themes: Converse All Stars, corn, asparagus
‘58 Cadillac (Red)
© 2004
Paper on canvas
Image size approximately 9.25" X 10.5"
(Part of the permanent collection of Timothy Watson)
Themes: Film, corn, protractor, peppers, crayons, rotary telephone
‘55 Thunderbird
© 2006
Paper on canvas
Image size approximately 13.1875" X 9"
Finishing: red, canvas matte in a black, wood frame
Themes: Red suede heels, oranges, cookies, dice, cards, cocktails, red parrots, cherries, wind-up toy cars
‘70 Cuda (Mike’s collage)
©2019
Paper on canvas
20" X 16"
Themes: Cigars, hot dogs, bananas, pencils, peppermints, candy canes, peppers, pickles. mint chocolate chip ice cream, stacks of towels, cucumbers, popcorn, money, croquet mallets, motorcycles, radishes
Junked-out Hearse
© 2005
Paper on masonite
Image size 10" X 8"
Finishing: olive green, velvet matte in a black, wood frame
(Hearse photo courtesy of Anna Tyson)
Themes: Cigars, Grammies, Lucille, tabs of acid, Johnny Cash’s guitar, asparagus, Victrola, red roses
‘39 Bugatti
© 2006
Paper on black linen paper
image size 13.5" X 10.5"
Finishing: black matte with a black, wood frame
Themes: Cigars, baseball, space, the moon, anthurium, satellites
‘51 Frazer
© 2007
Paper on matte board
Image size 18" X 12"
Finishing: green, canvas matte with a black under matte and black, wood frame
Themes: The Statue of Liberty, champagne, figs, chocolate cake, popsicles, green parrots, pineapple, ice cream
‘58 Edsel
© 1998
52" X 46"
Acrylic on canvas
Finishing: black metal frame with matte finish
‘39 LaSalle
© 1999
71" X 33"
Acrylic on canvas
(Part of the permanent collection of Ed and Marie Watson)
‘65 GTO
© 2008
20" X 32"
Acrylic on canvas
The Car
© 1999
34" X 16"
Acrylic on canvas
(Part of the permanent collection of Greg Hathaway)
‘56 DeSoto
© 1998
51" X 44"
Acrylic on canvas
(Sold through the Wandering Turtle Gallery | Bloomington, IN)
‘50 Cadillac (Coupe de Ville)
© 2005
20" X 20"
Acrylic on canvas
If you purchased this piece from the Wave Gallery in Key West, Florida, please know I got stiffed on my portion of the selling price. My hope is that you got a really great close-out deal before the gallery closed its doors permanently and that you love the piece. I, however, got nothing. The Wave Gallery burned down shortly after closing. I like to think of it as karma.
‘58 Cadillac
© 1997
17" X 28"
Acrylic on canvas
(Part of the permanent collection of Michael and Cheryl Morris)
‘67 Ford Fairlane
‘67 Ford Fairlane was commissioned by Troy Williams. Troy is a colleague of mine. For years, I would admire The Blue Beauty when he’d drive it to the office on lovely weather days. In the mid-00s, he decided to sell her and asked me first if I wanted to buy her. Of course I wanted to. The amount of money he was asking was slightly out of my budget. We traded. I paid as close to what he asked as I could with a collage thrown in to sweeten the deal. So ‘67 Ford Fairlane is still Troy’s. The car is now my mine.
Lucky in Love
Lucky in Love was commissioned by a colleague as a gift for his wife who’s birthday is on St. Patrick’s Day. He had a knack for finding four leaf clovers, which he collected and pressed in a book. He provided me the book of clovers, which are used in the collage. Some of the clovers are magazine imagery. Some of the clovers are left natural. Others are painted green with glitter added to the wet paint. Other imagery include items that go hand in hand like peanut and jelly, nuts and bolts, and chocolate and peanut butter. Additionally the collage features kisses — the candy kind and two sock monkeys smooching.
‘40 Cadillac Limo
‘40 Cadillac Limo was commissioned as a gift for Gene Kappel. Gene owned a gorgeous Cadillac limousine in a dark hunter green. The other themes are fruits, puffins, guitars, and an over the top sandwich. Additionally the collage is peppered with red gift bows. After Gene’s passing, the collage went to his son and is now part of the permanent collection of Mark and Jennifer Kappel.
Want your classic beauty immortalized as art? Here's how it works.
Your ride is the starting point. You provide me with the image of your car, truck, bike, or mechanized vehicle. Digital or print photos both work. Its important that the image is clear and little else is obstructing the view of the vehicle. My preference is that there are no people in the photo. Please note that the images will be cut, so only provide media you don't need returned.
The photo you provide determines the overall size of the collage. If you want a little piece, provide a little photo. If you want a big honkin' sucker, provide a larger image. Its OK to specify that you'd like a larger collage with a small car image. (See '51 Frazer as a reference.) On average, the image of the car will dictate the size of the piece.
In addition to your vehicle, I use images that are funny and kitsch (like juke boxes, 50's TVs, Johnny Cash's guitar, the Eiffel Tower, piggy banks, etc.) because why take things so seriously? They're supposed to be fun and weird. I have a tendency to slip suggestive imagery into the collages. If you're very straight-laced, let me know so that you are not offended by the finished piece.
With the exception of the image of your vehicle, I only work with commercially printed images from magazines, newspapers, junk mail, etc. Finding images on the web has no element of surprise or randomness. Part of the fun in these collages is finding the pieces and parts and not having any control over what I find. However, you may have a passion for something which you'd like featured in the collage. For example, you may love golf and would like a golf element worked in with your fabulous ride. In these instances I may need to break my rules and find coordinating elements on the web. However, I will try my best not to do this.
For more details on the commission process, please contact me. The base price for the commission process is $150. Pricing will increase depending on detail, size, turn-around time, etc. I can provide a more accurate quote once we have a conversation and some details are discussed.
Your beauty should be art, shouldn't it?
The Brooklyn Art Library was home to over 41,000 sketchbooks from over 130 different countries. Participants of the project ordered blank sketchbooks, chose a theme, filled them up, and connected their books online with search terms, an artist bio, and other unique content. Every single sketchbook that was sent back to the library was cataloged and placed on the shelves for visitors to view. That meant, as a visitor of the Brooklyn Art Library, you could search for just about anything you can think of, from the thousands of search terms participants have logged. The librarians would then pull the book down for you and allow you to hold and flip through it.
Was. Could. Past tense. Tragedy struck. The moving truck that was transporting the entire Sketchbook Project collection from Brooklyn to St. Pete caught fire while in transport.
Sadly, my sketchbook was not one of the 70% that were rescued from the fire.
I created a color story of collages within my sketchbook. In order to keep within the size limits (thickness) determined in the rules of entry, I removed three spreads from the notebook. Adding layers of paper and glue to each spread created some serious bulk. I called my book Running with Scissors. In keeping with my collage style, the imagery was a quirky mix of silly and humorous graphics full of suggestion and innuendo. While I typically inject classic cars into my collages, a handful of these do not feature a car. I’ll let you explore that detail.
SS Pointy Carlo
Themes: Gray and silver tones, sharp objects, SS Monte Carlo, chest armor, nail clippers, hand weights, hammer
Crap Shoot
Themes: Black and white imagery, relationships as a gamble, love, wedding rings, money, ‘58 Edsel, poker chips, dominos, Oreos, electric guitars, money
Blowing Smoke
Themes: Golds and brown tones, honey, honey drippers, lipsticks, cigars, braids, electric guitars, C3-PO, beer, corn dogs, Cadillac brightwork
Prepare for Launch
Themes: Red tones, launch button, king snakes, Santa Claus, nutcracker, postage stamps, red parrots, maracas, amaryllis, horn, wax pencils, vials, 1930s Cadillac Roadster
Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Themes: Orange tones, Roy Lichtenstein inspired female face, oranges, goldfish, cheese, starfish, cowboy boots, caviar, 1950s Oldsmobile Rocket 88
Ford on the Cob
Themes: Yellow tones, pineapple, corn on the cob, plastic hula dancers, popsicles, the leg lamp, cockatiels, 1980s Ford Mustang, poker chips, lemons
Slug Bug Green
Themes: Green tones, Gumby, money, poker chips, marijuanna, cacti, green parrots, Volkswagen Beetle
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Themes: Blue tones, Crosley record player, diamonds, rock candy, ornaments, parakeets, gift wrapped box, macrons, bust of Napoleon, 1930 Duesenberg Model J
Aero Addenda
Themes: Indigo tones, denim, diamond bracelets, blue diamonds, passports, blueberries, parakeets, Barbie, fishing lures, R2-D2, sardine, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
Purple Raining with Scissors
Themes: Purple tones, egg plant, red cabbage, violets, purple roses, lilacs, Prince, scissors, orchids, nail polish, Bullet-nosed Studebaker
Kaleidoscope
Themes: Pink tones, pink roses, piggy banks, plastic bottles, pills, presents, perfume bottles
Most Definitely
Themes: Rainbow colors, sparkly high heels, rainbow sprinkles, chocolate covered bananas on sticks, rainbow tennis bracelets, cake, cupcakes, hot air balloon