Will Sherman Automotive Art Show

MCMURRAY, PA Tony has had a love affair with the automobile for as long as he can remember. The 1930s, Formula 1, and old racing cars have found a special place his heart. Using corrugated cardboard as a medium, he began creating one-of-a-kind sculptures in 1995 and has recently been using wood as a medium. Tony’s awardwinning corrugated classics have been displayed at numerous invitational motor sports art exhibitions.

DES PLAINES, IL | STEVENMACYSTUDIOS.COM Steve Macy’s passion for automobiles and capturing them in a piece of artwork goes back to a very early age. By the tender age of five, he was helping his dad turn wrenches on the various cars he owned. He attended the University of Illinois and the American Academy of Art, where he received his formal training in architecture and art. Although his career path focused on architectural illustration, he always found time to produce automotive art. His award-winning work has been shown in numerous invitational and juried exhibitions throughout the country.

DAYTON, OH | COLAIZZIDESIGN.COM Bob graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1958 as a design major and spent most of his professional life as owner of ICON, a national annual report design and branding firm. Following retirement, he designed art deco furniture and then focused on automotive art. His style is based on a lifelong interest in realistic drawing. The drawing base can still be seen in his finished art, and the color rendering is created digitally. Vintage race cars are often his subjects, as Bob has been a vintage racer for 30 years.

CHARLOTTE, NC | DMCCRARYART.COM Dan’s earliest memories are of old Ford Coupes with loud, unmuffled flathead engines roaring around the quarter mile oval at the old Raleigh Speedway in the mid-1950s. The sound, the colors, the spectacle of it all had him hooked for life. After some college and a couple of years in the Army, Dan took up drawing/painting cars on the side. He eventually became a full-time automotive artist with watercolor as his medium of choice. He has participated in juried/invitational automotive art exhibits at Concours d’ Elegance around the U.S. and has been featured in a wide variety of automotive publications.

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KNOXVILLE, TN | ARTIST.BOBBIECREWS.COM Bobbie’s paintings bring out the human element in her subject focusing on the connections between us and our material possessions. She’s known for her “Intimate Portraits of Automobiles,” showing her work in Concours d’Elegance automobile shows as well as museum exhibitions focusing on the automobile as fine art. Her perspective is centered on capturing the character and the story within the subject and is said to favor a “Rubinesque” perspective in her automotive work.

HUBER HEIGHTS, OH | STEVEWOHLER.COM Growing up near Dayton, Ohio, Steve was always drawing cars and trucks. He discovered painting in high school but soon put it aside for the needs of career and family. In 2006, he started focusing seriously on art, especially with automotive themes. In recent years, he has added landscape and small-town scenes to his portfolio. Preferring to showcase the ordinary over the spectacular, he works in a realistic, yet loose style that rings of the truth. Whether working in the studio or plein-air, he hopes to convey the essence and emotion of a place and time.

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