"James Dean" artwork
Hi David
Thanks very much.
The Porsche 550 Spyder is on 18-gauge sheet aluminum, which I engraved, and sanded to suggest the body contours. I painted on the detail (badging, headlights, graphics) with oil model paint and pen&ink. I then cut it out with a coping saw, filed and sanded it, and finished it in gloss varnished. The Porsche is about a 1/4" off the canvas ...
The background is acrylic on 70 year-old unused canvas board (my dad's), Dean and his mechanic are in pen&ink and archival markers on illustration board, on which I also illustrated the wheels in Prismacolor pencils.
The size of the piece is 16"x 12" (40.6cm x 30.5cm), unframed.
It's framed in a black floating frame ...
I included part of a quote of his that I found appropriate for this.
All in all, about 30-40 hours of work, all by hand.
I'm currently working on 2 pieces for the Goodwood Revival featuring the "Silver Arrows" from 1937. This time, I'm having the aluminum cut by water-jet; it's a lot more cutting, so I'll save about 30 hrs of work. An acquaintance has a laser cutter, so down the road, I'll give that a try too.
Cheers!
Paul
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