Sunday 29 September 2019

Auto art by Mike Ahrens

This week we have another treat for you in the form of Mike Ahrens from Germany. Enjoy . . .



Mike was born in Braunschweig / Germany in 1964 and is the son of racing legend and former Porsche factory driver Kurt Ahrens.
It was only at the age of 40 that he discovered the fascination of Motorsport when his father started to attend Classic Motor Racing events and Revivals again.
Mike then competed in minor racing series but ended his racing activities after the 2013 Renault Clio Cup Bohemia Championship.
As a teenager, he dealt with the first home computers and soon learned how to be creative on the digital highway. He doesn't have special training in these areas but has a personal view on things.
For his computer artwork, he mainly uses his own photographs shot at various occasions. Mike works completely digital and does not use real brushes or paint. His working techniques however, have changed over the last few months.
To put it in his words, "It's a journey and I'm still looking for a consistent characteristic in my pictures. I still try out a lot of things!"
Last year, his photographs from nature were printed in advertising leaflets by Panasonic Lumix Germany.
As from 2017, Mike started to use professional cameras and his artistic work on Motorsport motives came in 2018.
Mike can be found on many social media platforms. He uses print on demand websites like Redbubble though it's only on request that he puts his Motorsport artwork there.
Mike concluded: "I get motivation through likes and sharing my posts on the social media platforms. Today, the internet makes it so much easier to find people with the same interests“.
Your can check his website on THIS LINK.
Also, you can keep up with his work and news on his Facebook page here and Instagram here.
You can enjoy some of Mike's work below. As always, please respect copyright.





Wednesday 18 September 2019

Paul Oz


“Around 10 years ago when browsing galleries for something bright to adorn the walls of a plain white new build flat and saying ‘I could do that….’ has turned out to be a seminal Oz moment”. Paul Oz
Official licensed artist to James Hunt, Bruce Lee, Star Trek, Denis the Menace, Ali, Mr Men and Little Miss, Thunderbirds and many others is our featured artist today.
Paul has created commissioned work for Sir Alex Ferguson, Theo Paphitis, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Roger De Haan, Red Bull, Pirelli, Marussia F1, Jake Humphrey, Wretch32, JLS’s Aston, BBC Comeidian Chris Ramsey, Eastenders Adam Woodyatt and Corries Katherine Kelly. Partnered with leading rights holders and motorsport teams worldwide Featured at the GP Ball, Monaco GP, Singapore GP, Playboy Club London, Selfridges Oxford St, Harrods, Goodwood Festival of Speed ITV4 show… and galleries worldwide
Patron to Its In The Bag (Testicular Cancer Awareness) and regular fundraiser for Clic Sargent and GOSH
The ensuing experiments with a 4 pack of acrylics, and quickly rediscovered skill of making a subjectively attractive looking mess, has for sure been a turning point. Painting at weekends as a break from software brand development, his first solo show was in 2008, and he thought he was balancing things pretty well.
However…. since focusing on painting full time early 2009, its all gone a little nuts….
“I was alright at school if I remember correctly” commented Paul. However he was persuaded to follow a more academic route. As it panned out, that meant that 15 years later when he started throwing paint around the initially spotless kitchen, that he could practice, learn and develop his style unpressured – to gradually build up to the sole focus it’s become now, of being his passion and livelihood all in one.
“I’m perhaps not a textbook artist – my entire aim is for visual impact, to capture characters in a unique way that blows your socks off and to illicit a response something along the lines of ‘woooohhhhaaa!’.” explains Paul. “The beauty of creating portraits is that each one could mean absolutely everything or nothing at all to you….. but everyone has an idol, mentor, someone they’re a massive fan of or indeed love… its an absolute honour to be asked to immortalise them all in paint.”

Read more of this blog here.

See more of Paul's images and other details here.

Motorsport is our passion.





Sunday 15 September 2019

The art of Paulo Fiotti


Paulo Henrique Souza was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Belo Horizonte is a very big city surrounded by mountains and, ironically, with no race track.
Since he was a child his father took him to some races in the streets of the city and he was hooked. “The passion for those cars, and noises, begun” explains Paulo.
He started to draw and paint the icons of the 60s from an early age. He attended university and studied Physics, but the passion for the arts made him change and he started at the Fine Arts School at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in 1981. He then started to work as an illustrator in promotions and publicity companies. Many years went passed and he continued with photography as well as restoration work, but his heart was elsewhere. Race cars!
“I was interesting in making models and eventually started a production of resin kits, concentrated on the cars from the 50s to 70s as I consider a very good age for the automotive race history” commented Paulo.
At 49 he went back to studying and sat all his tests again and passed and graduated. His main subject in the course were the cars. He worked in oil and watercolour. Although he was familiar with watercolours, he had no experience with oil painting. This was soon accomplished and he graduated after four years. He also gathered new experiences with engraving as well as painting.
He now lives in the countryside and continues to work with scale models as well as watercolours of race cars.
“I am building a good atelier to get some oil and acrylic paintings about the region and sure, the race cars” commented Paulo.
To his friends he is known as Fiotti. This name came about during his time at Motorcycle races as well as mountaineering.
More about him here.
You can follow him on Facebook here or contact him for more information here; paulofiote@gmail.com.
Meanwhile, he has kindly sent us the images below for you to enjoy and get a taste of his passion and excellent work.
Always respect copyright.

www.in2motorsports.com 







Friday 6 September 2019

G Gambarara Auto artwork


Today we have another treat for you from Belgium. Born in 1951 in Belgium , Gregory has lived in Normandy, France since 1982.

“When I was nine years old, I discovered a passion for design and racing cars through the comic books of Michel Vaillant by Jean Graton” Comments Gregory .
Drawings after drawings, due to his strength and perseverance, he became a car designer entering Heuliez France Design in 1983.

In 1985, he joined the Renault Design and stayed there until 1999 to continue alone as a freelance designer .
“My first “artistic drawings” date from the end of 1985″ shares Gregory.

He is very passionate about Porsche, he started with a 959, and then 956 and 962. Through a friend , he had the opportunity to meet the manager of the Sonauto communication, who was at the time, the French Porsche importer.

This meeting allowed him to exhibit his paintings on the Porsche stand at the Auto Show in Paris 1986. “That is the reason why I have drawn so much Porsche in that period.” explains our featured artist today.



Read the full feature and see more of Gregory's work here.

Motorsport is our passion