Roger Blanchard
I have been an automotive artist for about 20 years; but it's really been a lifetime endeavor. I have been honing my skills since grade school when drawing cars and airplanes sometimes replaced the math I was suppose to be doing. I spent a couple of other decades doing enameling and silversmithing before getting back into watercolors.I've been crazy about cars for as long as I can remember. My first sources of information were from magazines like Mechanics Illustrated, Rod and Custom and Hot Rod. I still have a car scrapbook I made in grade school.
After many years of involvement in sports car racing, I rediscovered automotive art and decided to get involved. Light, reflections, and a high level of realism characterize my work. I am always insired by good design and the flawless hand fabrication that has gone into many of the race cars and specialty cars over the decades.
I have been lucky enough to have had my artwork in many of the automotive related magazines, won a few awards and been selected to do some event posters including the New York International Auto Show.
Automobiles have always been a special part of my life. I would like to share that through my art.
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Ken Eberts
One of the world´s foremost automotive artists, Ken began his career as a car designer at Ford, before turning to automotive fine art in 1968. Over 1,000 of his original paintings are in museums and private collections worldwide. His body of work makes a statement about how classic cars have defined our culture and society. He is the founder of the prestigious Automotive Fine Art Society.
Awards
- Twice recipient of Peter Helck Award for Best of Show at Automotive Fine Art Society’s Exhibition during the world famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. (1990, 1992)
- Richard Teague Award, 1994 and 1995, Meadow Brook Hall Concours d’Elegance.
- Named Ford Motor Company’s Centennial Artist. (Norman Rockwell was their commemorative artist for the 50th anniversary!)
- National Touring Exhibition, for the National Watercolor Society.
- More than 25 one-man shows at prestigious galleries throughout the country.
Dan McCrary
Combining a photo-realist approach to watercolor technique with a unique and adventurous sense of composition, Dan McCrary applies his vision to a wide variety of automotive subjects. The Development of reflection and shine can be played to the maximum on one piece, and then he shifts into another gear to depict in amazing detail the rust and pitted chrome of an aging derelict.
Dan was born in 1949 in Raleigh, N.C. As early as age 5, he was attending races and becoming fascinated with automobiles in general. He attended East Carolina University and worked for several years as a musician before turning to the fulltime pursuit of automotive art in the early eighties. Dan's award-winning work has been widely published and can be found in numerous prominent individual and corporate collections. He now resides in Charlotte, N.C. with his wife Lynn and daughter Danielle.Visit Dan McCrary's website.
Tony Sikorski
After winning a scholarship at the Ivy Art Institute of Graphic Design in Pittsburgh, Tony Sikorski began his career in 1963. In 1976, he started his own business and has created graphic designs and illustrations for numerous well-known companies in the United States.In addition to his accomplishments in graphic arts, Tony has had a love affair with the automobile for as long as he can remember. Specifically, the 1930s Formula 1 and vintage racing cars have a special place in his heart and in his artistic talents.
In 1995, he began creating one-of-a-kind sculptures using corrugated cardboard as a medium. A few years later, he began using wood as well. And in 2006, added stainless steel to his palette of materials.
Tony’s award-winning corrugated classics have been displayed at many invitational motor sports art exhibitions. His ability to capture power, speed, and motion of the automobile has resulted in illustrated and sculptural commissions in both the corporate and private sectors. His work has also earned feature presentations in Car Collector, Robb Report, Mobilia, Automobile Magazine, AutoWeek, and Classic and Sportscar Magazine. Notably, Classic and Sportscar Magazine esteems Tony Sikorski as one of the top 20 motoring artists of the past 20 years.The list of Tony’s awards in automobile sculpture design has grown considerably. In 1995, and again in 2002, he placed first at the Midwest Concours d’Elegance in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1997, the Gilmore Classic Car Museum’s Concours in Gilmore, Michigan honored him with the Award of Excellence. For three consecutive years, 1996-1998, Sikorski won the coveted John Burges Award: Best Show at the Daimler Chrysler Meadow Brook Historic Races.
In May 2000, Tony was invited to the Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance Invitational Artist Exhibition in Rochester, Michigan. Honors were bestowed again in 2001 as he received the Struthers MacMinn Award: Best Show at Meadow Brook. In 2002, he won the Stanley Wanlass “Spirit of the Automobilist” Award at Meadow Brook. And in 2004, Tony was accepted into the Automobile Fine Arts Society—a very distinguished honor—which entitles him to show at Pebble Beach and Amelia Islands, Florida AFAS shows.
Continuing in that true “spirit of the automobilist,” and enjoying a love affair with the automobile, Tony is currently working on new and creative projects.
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David Snyder
David Snyder started drawing cars, airplanes and trains at the age of six. His passion for transportation history continues today.David graduated from Central Academy of Commercial Art in Cincinnati, Ohio. A successful career in advertising as a designer, art director and illustrator left him yearning to paint the transportation history he remembered from his youth. The artistry of the automobile never escaped his attention.
David's art portrays memories of growing up with cars from the '50's through the American Muscle era. He takes you down memory lane inviting you to "step right in" to his paintings and visit the past. The period architecture, signage, oil cans in the garage bay - no detail is too small-are all a part of his passion. Known for fidelity of detail he spends countless hours on research before beginning a painting.
He has self-published over 80 limited edition prints; 50 of which are sold out. Snyder's paintings and prints are collected worldwide.David was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He lives in Milford, Ohio with his wife and business partner Marion. They have two daughters and two grandsons who are budding "car guys".
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Sue Steele Thomas
Sue and her husband, Radford “Rad” live in the beautiful blue ridge mountains of her home state of Virginia. Rad is a semi-retired Professor of Art, who is still teaching. He is an avid car enthusiast and automotive historian. They share 31 years of marriage and an incredible life surrounded by their art collections and Pre-Columbian artifacts.Sue is an Associate Professor of Art at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke, Virginia where she currently lives. She teaches drawing, design, watercolor, illustration and art history. Sue manages and supervises the Virginia Western Community College Art Gallery and the Spring Fling Juried Student Art Exhibit. Sue has been teaching college students for over nine years. In 2009, Sue received the VCCA (Virginia Community College Association) Faculty Award given to one faculty member annually from each college in the system for her hard work and leadership. Sue will serve as Program Head of the Art Department during the Summer 2010 semester.
Sue received her M.F.A. degree in studio art from Radford University and holds a B.A. degree in art from SUNY, Fredonia. Sue has been painting automobiles for over twenty-five years and has participated in and won awards in many Concours d’Elegance Automotive Art shows across the country. Her paintings have been exhibited in numerous juried, invitational and illustration exhibits. She is very proud to include that Road & Track magazine published a drawing of hers in 1990, which began a whole new world for her automotive art. Sue has been a free-lance illustrator/painter since graduating from college in 1981. Sue is very proud to hold the following honors from these selected events:- Poster Artist, Classic Car Club of America Concours at Hickory Corners, MI, June 2010
- Featured Artist, Ault Park Concours d’Elegance, Cincinnati, OH, June 201
- Guest artist (AFAS) Automotive Fine Arts Society, Amelia Island, FL, 2009
- Won: Chairman’s Award at the CCCA (Classic Car Club of America) Hickory Corners, MI Automotive Art Show, 2009
- Won: Distinguished Award for Turning Through the Clouds gouache painting at Ault Park Concours d’Elegance, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
- Won: Best Essence of Design for Jag in the Clouds gouache painting in Canton, OH, 2009
- Featured in Octane Magazine in the UK, August 2009 issue
- Featured in AQ Automobile Quarterly, August 2009
- Won: 2nd Place Award for Car-Art, Will Sherman Automotive Art Show, Ault Park Concours d'Elegance, Cincinnati, June, 2008
- Won: Best Vision of Design for Jag in the Clouds gouache painting at Louisville (Church Hill Downs) Concours d’ Elegance Automotive Art Show, 2008
- The lIIustrators Club of Washington, Maryland and Virginia, Fourteenth Juried Exhibition, Certificate of Merit in Editorial Category for Turning Through the Clouds 2006
- The lIIustrators Club of Washington, Maryland and Virginia, Thirteenth Juried Exhibition, 2004, Certificate of Merit in the Editorial Category for Jag in the Clouds
- The Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles, Tenth Annual Invitational, Automotive Art Exhibition, Canton, OH Award: Best Essence of Automotive Performance, 2004
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