Behind the scenes of my show.

So I have not posted in weeks. I have been so busy trying to finish all my pieces for my upcoming spotlight show at gasoline Gallery. So here I am to show you some behind the scenes of what I have been up to.

this piece is simple but has great lines and color. Taken from one of my trips to Alabama visiting my amazing girlfriend.

Yep, I am building a few pieces for the Gallery Bathroom. While you sit, you get to enjoy some art. Ha ha ha.

Just a little hardware.

Heres the pair.

I think I am going through some frames.

A little jig I made to line up pics for my set of collage pieces.

Now you can see the levels.

The pair known as Rod & Kustom.

Sizing up the frame. Now to customize it.

The Nine Sweet Deaths being mounted on the original BxW Print.

My Bedroom, or my workshop?

1Shot too!

Getting ready to tackle creating a piece of the "Perfect Score"

Now to assemble it. 4 layers on this one.

Frames.

Work is piling up in the spare room.

My hand study of Doug Dorr

Birth of a new piece for my show... KUSTOM

So as you see in my background, I had created a promo piece that I pass out at shows made up of mostly Kustoms. Work I have shot for various articles or at shows around California. I have decided to do a set of pieces for my upcoming show using this format. I rebuilt the piece using only Kustoms and I will build another titled "Rod" to showcase Hot Rods I have shot as well.

After printing out all the individual shots and then printing out a master copy, I really got a look at this piece and got excited. Here are a few shots showcasing the first of the set. I have included shots of the build. Its no lie that even my photographs cannot do justice the effect of my layering 3D effect. You really have to see this stuff in person. I am so in love with this piece right now.


Here is the shot as it was originally designed.



So much fun cutting out all the individual prints.



Setting up the shot in Photoshop to find placement for all the pictures.



Here is me with the start of the 3D piece.

 

So I have started the process of setting up the layers.



It is so hard to photograph the effect of the 3D layers.

You can see the depth a bit here.

I hand cut all the spacers for each piece.

Any artist knows this is one of your best friends.

I had to think long and hard about all the layers and how high each piece needs to be lifted.

Secrets revealed...







Its done and this photo does no justice at all.









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Taking the Fink Rod out for a ride.

So I was out in Bakersfield this weekend to shoot a friends Hot Rod. After tracking weather for 10 days and lining up a location etc, it all quickly went out the window. It was overcast, and cold. About 45 degrees. This car has 3 types of metal flake that really needs sun to see, so there were thoughts of a re-shoot. At one point we had 18 people including myself at the shoot for one car. Wow! It quickly turned into the thing to do on a Sunday.

This day started out with one simple goal... to take one shot of this car doing a wheelie for another art piece for my show. After all the craziness of the day, we ditched everyone else and finally got down to the business at hand. You can see a screenshot off my computer of what I was looking for. Thanks to everyone for one of the most interesting days I have ever had on a shoot.

So here are a few Phone shots of the start of the day and a teaser of what I was there to do. More to come.

This is when I should have known that this was quickly getting out of hand.

Part of the entourage that came with us to location #1. I think they were there hoping to get put in a magazine. Ha ha ha.



We had to pull over to replenish some fluids.




Heres a quick sceen shot of the pic I was after. Not the finished piece. This one is digital. You will have to wait for my film to be processed for the real thing.



Trip to Dean Jeffries Automotive Styling.

Back in August 2010, I got the chance to meet up with Legend Dean Jeffries. I was out to shoot the elusive Mantaray. When I got to the shop, Dean was sitting where you will usually find him... in front of his rare GT. Ford has offered him millions for this car that is the only surviving GT of four made. He just says he is not done with it yet. It was such a great day that I almost forgot to shoot. I got a handful of great stories and shared a few of my own. Dean showed me the lighting fixture that he tried to clean with a spray bottle, which had led to him being electrocuted and thrown from a ladder. He showed me where he had split his head open on the ground and was later found in a coma by his wife. He was nearly written off for dead, but pulled through and here he stands in front of me. This is the guy who really built the Black Beauty for the Green Hornet. He told me of his days pinstriping with Von Dutch and hanging out in the era of Barris Kustoms in Lynwood. So many amazing stories about the custom paint jobs he did at Indy, and some rare stories of the birth of the first Shelby Cobra. We later met up again at the Long beach Motorama where we and some friends had a ball sharing more stories. Here are a few shots from that day. I hope you enjoy.

Deans rare GT.

Dean sat looking out the bay window of the garage keeping an eye on his shop.

The lines of this car are amazing.

Amazing to think I was there in person.

The shop is filled with legendary stories

My finished shot. Dean loved this one.

I have made a new friend.

My custom Teardrop.

Here are a few shots of the Mini Teardrop trailer I built to haul my camera equipment around car shows and shoots. It took a a few weekends to design and fabricate. Its turned into quite a show stopper. Its got me a write up in Hot Rod Deluxe and was spotted in a swedish magazine.

I used a large piece of panel board to create a natural arc for the wagon.

I cut out the sides for weight

Ribbed it with small pieces and set the deck in.

I covered the exposed areas in plastic floor  matting.

Fabricated the doors and skinned those in tin and more of ther matting

Using epoxy, I glued on the aluminium to the sides and then used edge molding to give it a great edge.

A friend fabricated some fiberglass fenders and the unit was near completion

Caught in the act up at Santa Maria.

Always seem to run into other teardrops in my travels.

Dave Wallace surprised me with a small blurb in the Jan issue of Hot Rod Deluxe.

A friend from sweden brought this back with him for me to see.