Bugatti Girl #1

This type 57 Bugatti with coachwork by Graber spent some time in Atlanta during the 1970's. At one time it was stored at my house, and I got to drive it several times. Car in colored ink and the woman in Prismacolor pencil.

Bugatti Girl #5

A type 57C Atalante Coupe. This car was part of a display at the High Museum in Atlanta, March 2010. The display included 18 cars and was titled "The Allure of the Automobile". The car was done in colored ink and the woman in Prisma color pencil.

Mostly Blue

1949 Delahaye with stunning one-off coachwork by Saoutchick. I saw this car a couple of years ago at the Ameilia Island Concours and it is one baeautiful automobile! Colored ink, Prismacolor blue pencil, blue gouache background.

VINTAGE WEDDING

Lamborghini

Red Pacific Sunset Red Atlantic Coupe

One of the three Bugatti Atlantic Coupes during the time it was in L.A. Owned by Robert Oliver in the 1950s, the car was painted red with full bumpers added by Oliver. The car was originally owned by Victor Lord Rothschild and was a light metallic gray.

Ferrari with Iguana on the Rocks

Phil Hill and Ritchie Ginther in their Ferrari 340 "Mexico" Coupe. This was run during the early 50's at the La Carrera Panamericana race; one of the last, true city to city open road races. Hill and Ginther speed by a curious onlooker under the blazing Mexican sun. Photo of the 20" x 24" original.

Stagger Wing Fantasy

The dashing traveler hurries from his Staggerwing Beechcraft to meet the beautiful Eurasian girl, waiting by her midnight blue Talbot Teardrop Coupe. I must have read too many Terry and the Pirates comic strips when I was young! Photo of the 20" x 30 " original.

Carlo's Background

This is a Bugatti Grand Prix chassis with a coupe body by Louis Dubos installed in 1937. This care is sometimes referred to as a Mini Atlantic Coupe. The background is a layout for a furniture inlay by Ettore Bugatti's father, Carlo. Photo of the original which measures 20" x 24".

Arriving in Style

The lady sweeps out of her rare 540K Mercedes Coupe while her date waits under the awning at Chasens in Hollywood, back when there was still some real glamour. This could have taken place sometime in the late 1940s. This is a photo of the original which is 20" x 28".

At 10/10ths

The Frazer-Nash was a limited production sports car that stubbornly held on to chain drive to the rear axle well into the 1930's. Since there was no differential, the smoothest way around a corner was a controlled slide. This Nash is cornering at the very limit at 10/10ths. This is a photo of the original artwork. The full size of the original, 24" x 30", was too large for me to scan.

Just Plane Bored

The GeeBee Racing Plane was built primarily for the Thompson Air Races in 1931. the Ruxton was a rival of the Cord featuring front wheel drive. While the pilot has an animated discussion with the mechanic, his female companion has had enough, and is just "plane" bored. This is a photo of the original art. This piece, 20 1/2" x 16 1/2", was done with colored ink, my medium of choice.

Just Imagine

Mallard, the great locomotive of the London and Northeastern Railway set the all time fastest speed for a steam locomotive on July 3, 1938. The Talbot T150 SS was one of the fastest cars in Europe in the late 1930's. The two vehicles were never in close proximity, but just imagine a long stretch of straight railway tracks running parallel to the highway. The young lady in the Talbot challenges Mallard as they race flat out in our imagination. This is a photo of the original artwork. The original painting is 30" x 19 1/2".

George & Lil

George Weaver and his 1930's Maserati Grand Prix Car, Poison Lil. Weaver was part of a small group in the northeast that organized road races in the late 1930's. After World War II, he was one of the early members of the Sports Car Club of America. He and "Lil" took part in the early post war road races. This is a (crooked) photo of the original piece, which is 24" x 15 1/2".

MG October

The TC MG was the first post war offering from the factory in Abingdon. The TC was primarily the TB pre war model with minor changes. All TC's were right hand drive with no U.S. export model being offered. My first car was a used 1948 TC bought in 1951. This is a photo of the original piece, which is 18 1/2" x 14".