These truck paintings are from a series bases on old utility trucks from the 30's, 40's, and 50's when function and style competed for attention. Trucks seem to last longer than cars, perhaps because they are simpler and taken care of better? I continue to work on the theme of Junkyard Dogs, but the next posts will be much larger and on old card board boxes.
House paint on brown paper bag. this piece is accepted to the Yellowstone Art Auction in Billings, Mt. for January, '09
House paint on brown paper bag. This series of early autos was inspired by my love of car shows and growing up in the '50s and '60s when the design of a car seemed to mean something. All that "forward thinking" is now rusting away or in a few cases, preserved by car buffs. "Junk yard dogs" are rapidly disappearing as junk yards disappear. I love the contrast between the "space aged design" of the autos and the rough media I chose to represent them in.
