Big Time

I'm not sure when you become a pinstriper. It could be sometime between when you buy your first brush and dip it in a can of paint. I guess I'm a pinstriper now, at least the newspaper thinks so.

Two Helmets

A couple of helmets that I finished up last night.

A new helmet with vermillion and orange stripes.










Vintage style, heavy red metal flake. Reflex blue stripes.

Business Cards

OK, now I'm legit, sort of.

Artie's Party in Syracuse, take 1

Palmetto Pinstriping

Last weekend I attended a panel jam in South Carolina, here are some of the panels that I painted.

tupello

I was in Tupello MS last week and found something that I have been looking for, an aluminum ice tray. I wanted the tray to soak brushes in. I found one at the Tupello Hardware Co. and stood in the same spot th atGladys stood when she bought her son his first guitar. Here is a picture of me and Howard. If you stop by make sure that you let them know that you are one of Howard's people. Howard is the "resident historian" and about 35,000 people stop in each year to chat with him.

The box has paint. and art work.

The kit is starting to take shape. Fully loaded it weighs in at 20 pounds.
I painted it last night and started the lettering today. Tomorrow it's off to Rockler for latches and corner edges.

I added some art on the ends over the weekend. It's a tribute to Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Kenneth "Von Dutch" Howard. Yes, Von Dutch was a real live breathing person.