Thursday 18 October 2018

Ruben Badia art


Today we feature yet another very talented artist from Spain. Ruben Badia.
He was born in 1973 in Sabadell (Barcelona, Spain). “I love cars since I was a child” explains Ruben, the start of his passion.

His father had a car repair shop, so he was in contact with many types of cars from a very young age.
“I love painting and I´m autodidact” (he is elf taught) he explains.

He doesn’t look at himself as a professional artist (although we believe he should) and he looks at his art as just a hobby. His dream is to be a professional one day.

He started drawing at a young age and gradually started to paint and add colours and more detail to his subject matters. His works are in acrylic. He loves classic cars, so that is all he likes to paint.

Although he has some of his work on display in a variety of places, his latest project will be on display in a Barcelona gallery as we write this feature.

You can see his work and follow him on Facebook here.

More of his work here and here.

We know you will enjoy his work, so here are some of his pieces he kindly sent to us to share with you.

Always respect copy right.

www.in2motorsports.com





Auto Art by Simon Britnell

Bio thanks to Historic Car Art




Born in Newark in 1964, Simon Britnell first became a freelance artist in the 1980s painting mainly landscapes, illustrations for publishing and pet portrait commissions. Although Simon dabbled in other careers and helped his father in the building of many local homes, his hopes to make a career from art remained.
Simon could see the future of his craft and soon diversified. As the game industry began to take off Simon bought himself an early home computer and taught himself the skills needed to produce digital images. The effort paid off and Simon achieved his first post as a Computer Games Artist in Lincoln in 1993.
When the opportunity to further his career came along, Simon and the family moved to West Sussex and soon joined Electronic Arts (EA Games UK) where he remained for 10 years, developing the technical knowledge required to produce 3D game environments working on many high-profile game franchises.
In 2008 Simon again evolved his skills by moving into 3D modelling and texture creation for film visual effects. Working in Soho, London and gaining credits on the films Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Harry Potter - The Deathly Hallows Part 1, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time, Maleficent, Guardians of the Galaxy and Oscar winners for Best Visual Effects – Hugo and Jungle Book.
After a long commute and with children grown up, Simon found some time to return to conventional art. His career has allowed him to be creative but he enjoys the opportunity to simplify the process removing the technical nature of digital CGI work and returning with a kind of nostalgia to the pleasure of working “analogue” with paint and canvas.

You can also check a Q & A with Simon courtesy of Historic Car Art.

Click this link for the article.

More information is also available from Simon's website here.

Also, keep an eye on his Facebook page here.

Meanwhile, you can enjoy some of his work below. Always respect copyright. More images here.






Tuesday 9 October 2018

Lorenzo Benetton Motorsport art

This week's artist was born in Venezuela, but now lives in Italy.



Born in Caracas, Lorenzo started drawing when he was just 10 years old. He started drawing trucks and airplanes and gradually moved over to cars and has not looked back since.
His favorite has been mostly Formula 1 which he has a been a huge fan since the legendary wins of Jim Clark with Lotus at Indianapolis and theen with the first Cosworth engine at Zandvoort Ducth GP.
"In those first years, I could never dream, that years later I'd become even a Ferrari supplier, visiting the factory at Maranello and having a couple of job proposals from two other F1 teams" Lorenzo explains.
He stopped drawing for nearly 30 years due to his jobs and lack of time. Good news is that he is back drawing again and enjoying his passion.
"I prefer older F1 cars with sleek designs and big tyres, of a time when racing was really dangerous" he concluded.
You can contact him for commission work which he would be happy to undertake.
Check out his website here.
Facebook here.
LinkedIn here.
Below you can enjoy some of Lorenzo's works. Some new and some old that he has restored.
Always respect copyright.