Artist Statement

Wooden buck, 1970 Ferrari 512S Modulo concept by Pininfarina

Celebrating the Automotive Experience

My work celebrates the experience of the automobile: the appreciation of beauty and craftsmanship, of maintenance, of mastery and magic of road, car, and self.

In this way, our experience of the automobile expands our experience of the world and our connection with each other.

Through my drawings, I celebrate and commemorate the finest examples the automotive world has to offer, the ones so profound that they alter us for the better by virtue of our experience of them.

1963 Facel Vega interior

My Work in a Historical Context

My work resonates with an off-shoot of American modernism known as Precisionism, in which subjects are depicted in essential geometric shapes, reduced detail, and with a crisp focus, that conveys the sheen and sleekness of machine forms. 

 “American Landscape” by Charles Sheeler typifies this style of painting.

I wish to offer my best through this work: the best paper, the best printing process, the best of my skill as an artist, to honor these cars and these experiences.

My work idealizes the automobile. I show the cars at a low angle, so they and the viewer are “eye to eye.” I show them at rest as a reminder that we complete the picture. Each piece is an invitation to go out and experience, to go out and drive.

1976 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopio  

Influences

I’m so grateful for those whose work has been an inspiration. Among them are: A.M. Cassandre, Dieter Rams, Otl Aicher, Saul Bass, Joe Colombo, Richard Sapper, Bruno Sacco, Massimo Vignelli, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Josef Müller-Brockman, Charles and Ray Eames, Henry Dreyfuss, Chris Ware, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing