This painting was incredibly fun to create. Pure testosterone, muscle, and burning gasoline is what this painting is all about! Typically I like to use some sort of reference when creating vintage race cars from a particular era or year. However, in this case, I decided to create my own conceptual grand prix car to capture certain elements that symbolized what a race car meant to me.
http://www.drivenmavens.com/2010/02/21/vintage-grand-prix-car-art-series-1-1950s-conceptual-grand-prix-cars/