I have a four days off work in a row so it’s a good time to get stuck into the painting of Lewis Hamilton in Australia 2008 that I have been planning. It’s on hardboard, prepared with white gesso. The gesso is a thick undercoat that stops my oil paint from sinking into the hardboard….
Here’s my painting of the 2016 Russian GP winner. Think we’ll get a different winner this time…
31 years ago today, Alain Prost won the 1986 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. I remember this one because everyone seemed to be running out of fuel at the end, not least Alain who had to weave like crazy on the last half-lap to slop the dregs of petrol into his Porsche engine, with…
During my Valentino Rossi painting I thought I wanted to explore a bit more what would happen if I pushed the contrast between the dark and light areas of my next painting. Even though I had planned out the pattern of light and dark areas in my design, the final painting still includes a lot of…
Mauricio Gugelmin is 54 today. I loved this car, the March 881. Adrian Newey’s first F1 car, beautiful colour and shape, punching above their weight. Happy birthday Mauricio!
Jack Brabham was World Champion three times, and the only driver ever to win the title for his own team. Today would have been Black Jack’s 91st birthday. Happy birthday!
Today I thought I’d take you through the process of creating my painting “The Race”. The inspiration for this painting came from an interview I saw on the BBC website with the guitarist and ferrarista Chris Rea. He was describing his first experience of watching Formula 1 on TV as a child, the Monaco Grand…
