Want your classic beauty immortalized as art?

  • Your ride is the starting point. You provide me with an image of your car, truck, bike, or mechanized vehicle. Digital or print photos both work. The vehicle's image should be clear, and little else should obstruct the view of the vehicle. My preference is for no people present in the photo. Please note that the images will be cut, so only provide media you don't need returned.

    The photo provided determines the overall size of the collage. If you want a little piece, then provide a little image. If you want a big honkin' sucker, then provide a larger image. It's 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 quirky and kitschy images such as jukeboxes, 1950s 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 slip suggestive imagery into the collages. If you're very straight-laced, let me know so that the finished piece isn't offensive.

    Except for the image of your vehicle, I only work with commercially printed images from magazines, newspapers, and junk mail. 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 the discovery. 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 golf themes along with your fabulous ride. In instances like this, I may need to break my rules and search for coordinating elements digitally. However, I will try my best not to do this.

    Please, contact me for more information about the commission process. Pricing is determined by size, turnaround time, and finishing. I can provide a more accurate quote after we've discussed the details.

    Your beauty should be art, shouldn't it?

‘67 Ford Fairlane

For years, I admired the Fairlane when my colleague Troy drove 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 price tag 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 Blue Beauty is now mine.

Lucky in Love

Lucky in Love was commissioned by a colleague as a gift for his wife, whose birthday is on St. Patrick’s Day. My colleague had a knack for finding four-leaf clovers, which were plucked and pressed in the pages of a book. I was provided the book of clovers, which are used in the collage. Some of the clovers are magazine imagery. Some of the clovers are left natural, and others were painted green with glitter added to the wet paint. Other visuals 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 smooching sock monkeys.

‘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.