Folks Of Interest ******larry watson******

My condolences to his friends and family. Peace and Wheelies, from one artist to another. Thanks for the inspiration!!!!

 

Reading little issues of R&C stuffed inside a textbook in high school, Larrys cars would always have me dreaming of maybe someday. Especially the Chevy. A great loss!

 

Just thought of a discussion we had once about today's paint products that cracked me up. He would refer to it as that FU*kin' "Commie Paint" ! As he pretty much refused to use it!

 

Long live the memory of Larry Watson for what he give us, for what he'll still be giving us in the years to come. One of the great customizes.

CRUISER

 

R.I.P. what a huge lost

 

Aw man, I'm seriously upset, I never met him but he was a huge influence, he was the epitome of cool. His work is his legacy, he is immortal.

 

Damn, That is so sad to hear. My condolenses go out to his family. The Auto world has lost another one of the great ones.

 

Holt shit, man... I can't believe it.

RIP.

~Jason

 

The man. His work. Timeless!

 

Dang. There's not a custom painter out there that hasn't been influenced either directly or indirectly by Larry Watson.

RIP.

 

I am sorry to hear this sad news
i was only reading an article on him last night.

R.I.P

 

Guess Larry will finally find out if Iranians were really hiding in his toilet...that is, if his maker's willing to reveal the truth.

Keeping my fingers crossed there are no bans on spraying lacquer in heaven. RIP Larry

 

Sadly, another great one gone. But, he left one hell of a legacy. True hero and American icon.

 

As I said in the other post met Mr Watson in late 80's early 90's at the rat fink shows at moon and bought a poster of the grapevine and had him sign it and then he said to me since you are out of state lets get a photo together and you can send me a copy. He was very down to earth and was easy to talk too. His influnce on car industry is very deep to the point I dare say influnced the big 3 back in the day.

 

Man,he always looked so kool I kinda assumed he'd be around forever.
Reality sucks when it involves a loss as great as this.
R.I.P. & condolences.
Paul

 

Godspeed.

 

r.i.p his work was inspiring...jones

 

Sorry to hear it.RIP Larry.

 

sad day indeed..prob my favorite painter..way ahead of his time.

 

He once told me he liked my photos and to come by his shop sometime... now I have a regret. Gonna go home and watch the Barris DVD we did together.

 

Awe man so sad.. RIP Mr. Watson.. He's up there with Roth and all his buddys keeping an eye on us!!

When we interviewed him with George we spent 2 hours together filming.. it was a gas having those two going through images and talk trash about some of the cars built back then.. they were so funny together..I had the best time shooting that. I would run into him at a shows and he would remember me and start to shoot the shit.. and that was a honor..

He's one on my hero's for sure and we will miss you very much Larry...

 

Rest in piece Larry... You will always be remembered


Thank you!

 

Nope, death waits for no man, but few get to leave a legacy as huge and important as he did, most of us will lives of utter anonymity, he was too out there for that, he was destined for greatness.
Unfortunately the mainstream media won't mention his passing, arguably he might be the greatest influence on custom car painting ever, an art form that's ignored by the cognoscenti anyway.

 

Well said!

 

Another hero has left us! Goodspeed Larry, we will always remember you!

 

Wow, he was really in inspriing man and I am proud to have had the time to meet him and spend some time with him when I lived in Victorville. What an amazing guy with stories and a history that no one can ever repeat.

You will be missed Larry. R.I.P.

 

RIP Larry, your with the kustom gods now!

 

wow another legend gone...condolances to his family and friends

 

R.I.P. Larry watson. He was one of the best artist

 

Sucks...big inspiration all thru my life!!!