Fins! I can't get over them.

This is a 1960 Cadillac.

"Fins Were In"

11"x14"

Oil on Canvas

(Gallery Wrap)

$250

I have this obsession with fins.  I love the geometric shapes they create on the canvas- both positive and negative shapes.  I also love mixing all of the reds.  Elvis used to drive a cadillac like this, but I think it was pink.  Here in Memphis he used to give them away.  There are many stories about him being at a car dealership, shopping for a car.  While there, he would buy a car for someone who happened to be on the lot that day. He was very generous.  Wish he were here to buy this painting!

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Back in the 1950's Again!

I am finally painting again.  School is out and we are back from our wonderful trip to Alaska.  I expected it to be cool, but it was not. It was warmer in Alaska than it was in Memphis.  And speaking of cool, here is my latest cool car.

"A Good Year for Turquoise"

10" x 8"

Oil on Gessobord

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This is a 1955 Ford.  This one was more difficult than the others for some reason.  I had trouble with the color.  I think I need to buy a few more tubes of paint.

The Turquoise Car

Remember when????

1957 Chevy Bel Air

11" x 14"

Oil on wrapped canvas

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Hate to admit it, but I remember these cars.  What were they thinking when they designed those fins?  They are so cute and funny.  This painting is bigger than I have been painting recently and forced me to use a bigger brush.  I enjoyed it.

Every Car Should be Red

"The Car Show"

Oil on Panel

8" x 10"

$150

Another weekend painting.  I stayed in my pj's all day until it was finished.  Whew, this one was difficult, but fun.  This is a 1948 Ford V8 Deluxe.  Isn't he cute?  He needs to have his own TV show.

I'm Still Lovin' Old Trucks

Rust Bucket

6" x 8"

Oil on Panel
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Here is another rusty old truck.  Of course, a nicer word is "patina," not rust. I painted this one with a palette knife.  I love the energy and vitality that the palette knife creates with the broken and raised areas of paint.  The 3- dimensionality of the paint casts little shadows and creates texture that is so different from one painted with a brush.  

I need some more photographs of trucks. Wish I knew where they keep old rusty "has-beens" in Memphis.  

Poteet, Strait up.

"Poteet, Strait Up"

6" x 8"

Oil on Panel

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Another old truck -- 1949 Ford.  I just love these little guys because no matter how rusted and dented they are, they have so much personality-- they seem to have a smiles on their "faces."  I may paint some more on this one.  I think it needs a Texas license plate.  And just for those of you who don't know,  Poteet is the birthplace of my favorite country artist - George Strait. I have wonderful memories of driving from Texas to Memphis when the kids were young.  George would be in the "tape player", and we would all be singing along. The one we love the most was "All My Exes live in Texas."

Forever Young

"Forever Young"

6" x 12" Oil on cradled panel

$200

This fun looking car is a classic - a 1959 Ford Skyliner with a retractable hard top.  I love red cars.  Wish I had this one. 

I have been wanting to paint old cars and trucks all summer but could not find the time to paint.  I have been traveling way too much but managed to find lots of vehicles to photograph. (I now believe that NW Arkansas has more old rusted trucks than any other place in the world.)