Monday 25 May 2015

Oliver Nitsch Art


Today we have an artist from Germany. Born in the 1950′s he has a special interest in Hot Rods, customs and Harley Davidsons.
He started young and seemed to have enjoyed painting and drawing even as a child. In recent years he is interested in various techniques to present his work in.
He paints on canvas as well as other materials such as cardboard or just card, using pencils.
With special interest in Pyrography (The art of decorating wood with burn marks) he has produced a number of pieces as you will see below in our gallery.
The other work he has done is similar to stained glass also featured below. This technique requires you to cut out the design out of glass, sand the edges, then using solder and glue you frame the design.
You can follow Oliver on his Facebook page here.
Below you can enjoy some of his work. Always respect copyright.
More images from Oliver and other featured artists here.




Monday 18 May 2015

NG Autoart



“Leicestershire artist Neil Gardner has been passionate about cars for almost 40 years – he’s almost 40 – and has wanted to draw them ( and aircraft ), since he could hold a pencil. With a car and aircraft crazy father – a fantastic engineer – it’s not difficult to see where those passions came from!
Throughout school, art and sport were Neil’s favourite subjects and, although he enjoyed them, he always found them the most daunting! This was primarily because of his fear of not being the best at whatever it was that he wanted to do. Luckily, this is something Neil has managed to temper with age and experience! ( Neil keeps his feet on the ground with the thought that, ‘no matter what you do, there’s always someone better at it – although they may not have realised it’! )
Having left school and going on to try his hand at various vocations – from making battery packs, to instructing car control for various racing schools, Police forces, manufacturers and car clubs, Neil has spent a good period of his working life so far in factories, dreaming of something better…
When, in 2009, Neil was given a place on a Drawing and Sketching class, run by a local artist, his passion for art was truly reignited. Having completed the course, he signed up for more lessons straight away. A drawing of his father’s AC Cobra replica was soon completed and placed onto his car forum. Within 2 days, Neil had his first two commissions and NG AutoArt was born..
Since that day, Neil has been invited to talk about his work on local radio and a piece of his work was exhibited on the Classic Citroen stand at the Paris Motor Show. His work has been seen at the Goodwood Revival and also at local art exhibitions.
A keen eye for detail and capturing as much of it as is possible, as well as endeavouring to give a realistic feel to his drawings, are the backbone of Neil’s style. For the future, he is working hard to build up to “Hyper Realism” – an absolute photographic look – and also to introduce colour to his works. Neil is also a keen portrait artist and very much enjoys capturing expressive faces with his pencil!
You can keep up to date with Neil’s projects on Instagram ( @ngautoart ), Twitter (@ngautoart ) and Facebook here.
Neil has kindly sent us some of his work to enjoy and you can see them below. Always respect copyright.
More featured artists here.




Monday 11 May 2015

Mark E. Lewis



This week we have another talented artist from across the pond. From Florida, Mark is born and raised in Daytona Beach. Born at the home of NASCAR he has naturally been exposed to auto racing from a young age.

He joined the Air Force and had a stint living in LA for five years, after which he returned to Florida to work at Daytona International Speedway for 15 years in Public Relations.

Now he works as a full-time artist.

"My art training is mostly self-taught. I've been artistic since I was a kid, but painting and drawing in the conventional sense is actually boring. I deal with A.D.D. and I get bored easily" commented Mark.

Several years ago he discovered computer-assisted art programs and it opened a whole new world for him. "My love for endurance racing especially, formed the basis of my style. I love night racing pieces featuring the cars of the 24 Hours of Daytona, Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring", he added.

At M Lewis Motorsports Art on Facebook you can find a variety of motorsports art ranging from Sportscar, to Indycar and F1. Mark encourages anyone who loves motorsports art to join his Facebook page and if you are interested in an MLewis piece, simply contact him there.

Keep in touch with Mark on Facebook here.

More images from Mark and many other featured artists here.