Cars
This section brings together artwork built around cars, from realistic paintings and drawings of classic and modern vehicles to more stylized or symbolic pieces that use cars as a subject. Vehicles carry a lot of meaning beyond transport, speed, freedom, nostalgia, status, and artists have long found them a rewarding subject to paint or draw. Whether it is the gleam of chrome, the sweep of a body panel, or the mood of a road scene, capturing a car well takes a good eye for reflection, light, and motion. Explore this section for art that puts cars front and center.
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Alex Witcombe | Cars
Alex Witcombe is a Vancouver Island sculptor who builds large, coast inspired pieces almost entirely from driftwood. His best known work, Edward the Beetle, is a full size 1967 VW Beetle with working doors, built during his father’s final illness and named in his memory, right down to a driftwood license plate carrying his father’s…
