Friday art show...I KNOW ITS EARLY....

But I will be leaving for work in 2 hours....so..

This weeks offerings........

A photo of some striping seen at the local cruise tonight.

 

Here is a little something I doodled....figured I hadn't done any low brow for awhile because of art school....and I got a little rusty....

So I though I should bust something out....

 

unfinished

 

Well, I haven't added to the art show in about a year. I'm probably due....so here are a few hybrid scribbles.

 

...........off to a good start fellas...........

 

Im up and leaving for work. These pics have nothing to do with cars. Just pics froom a camping trip I went on 2 weeks ago.













Thats all.

 

this is what you get at 2am. when you have to be up for work in 5hours

 

this is what you get when your stranded out in the middle of nowhere for 9 hours.

 

Buick59, where were those pics taken?

 

I will post 4 striping images this week. Sorry if I have posted any of these in the past. I did a little striping this week, but this stuff is work I did a while back.
Hemi I like your style, very different.

 

didnt do much but work on my panhead except this for my girlfriend.

 

Here's one I painted the other night. It's kind of a copy of Von Franko's original

 

Well Ive been paintin signs all week that have nothing to do with cars but i did get some paintin and stripin done on my truck last night

 

Cab corner not finished yet

 

Great work people. Mr. Cartel, that eyeball is awesome!!
I've seem many "copies" and subtle variations of it but I was wondering when someone would come up with something fresh using that theme....you've done it! The gold wings are outstanding.

 

Hemi:
Love that dirt trackin' roadster. You have a unique style.
Keep it up.
Dan

 

A few from earlier this week.

 

my weeks addition.
we have been so busy I didnt take pix of hardly anything.
this girl came back in, added some spots and wasged out greyt to make it 3D and pop like a mother. once again flourescent lighting does nothing good for these pictures.

 

wednesday night, some girls back. I didnt do the hearts and unfortunatly whoever did had them off in height by a good 1/2 inch. Oh well. I just do what I am told.

 

Was sick alst week and the wife didn't want me near the baby... banished to the garage (where the computers live)..

 

ROTH MODEL KITS

This one comes with a story.
I've always been a fan of Ed Roth since is saw a picture of the Beatnik Bandit in a car magazine when I was 12 years old.
When I was 50, I was in a curiosity shop and saw a
re-relese of the Beatnik Bandit model. I was hooked all over again. I decided to collect one of every Roth model ever produced, and since I'm a woodcarver by trade, I decided to carve a HUGE ratfink to stand by the door of the room where I keep the models.
Well , I got pretty far along, and posted a picture of the carving on a web group.
Ed saw it, an was kinda torqued off that someone was reproducing one of his trademarked images without permission. Well, It was explained to him that it wasn't produced to sell, and the guy (me) was just a huge fan that wanted it for his own place.
To make a long story short, outa the blue I get an email from Ed telling me how much he loved the thing and apologizing for being upset!
We started corresponding, Now those of you that know Ed know he was a devout Morman. I on the other hand am not a devout anything.
Ed always had a religious tone to his messages. I decided that instead of ignoring that part of Eds messages, I would ask him about all that. What followed were some amazing correspondence about Eds religion .He described humans as "celestial radios" and told me that I had to keep myantennae up to hear from the Holy Ghost as to what was cool or not. Anyhow it was fascinating to delve into this side of the big guy. He truly felt and lived his faith.
I'm still not religious at all , but it worked for Ed.
Ed and I agreed to meet in July at the Ratfink reunion,and he was gonna authorize and sign a limited edition of carved ratfinks that couldf be sold as kind of an ultimate piece of Finkamabilia.
Ed passed away that April , so I never did get to meet him face to face or complete the carved Fink series.
So what I've got is this huge Ratfink, and every time I look at it I remember the big guy and the day I logged on to my computer and there was a message from my childhood hero, Ed "Big Daddy "Roth.
I Still have to carve a tail and airbush in shading on this guy, but everytime I try to get to it I feel compelled to leave him just the way he is.
Oh yeah, I did complete that model collection ! The URL is attached if you're interested.

 

Fifty cent garage sale photo album smeared in one-shot.

 

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Buick59, where were those pics taken?

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Those were all taken in Southern Utah. Besides cars....I love exploring the back country,old mines, ghost towns etc etc.

MIke

 

this is what happens when you are really bored at work

 

Nutting new so I pulled this out a some old t-shirt art.

 

Man, there is some really, really nice work here. Who wants to draw a picture for me? I am looking for someones kustom ideas for my car. Just curious......nice work again folks

 

Chaz.....amazing story. Goes to show that keeping an open mind can open doors for you.
I have never seen a Rat Fink/Roth collection as extensive as yours. Any guesses what its worth today? Just curious.