David Hightower earned his bachelor's degree in fine arts and began his career as a sign painter in Chicago in 1996. In 1991 David took five panels to Bloomington, Illinois and received raves from fellow letterheads. David came among his influences Southard, Von Dutch and Dean Jefferies a year later.
I attended School of Visual Arts in N.Y.C. and majored in illustration.
Some of my background includes Faux painting and mural work. I also owned a custom paint shop in New York for about 10 years.
Currently I am working as the lead designer and artist for Airea 5150 inc. Its nice not to have to worry about the business end of things and just focus on creating artwork. Great company and even better people.
Iwata airbrushes are my ......
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Jon Hul was raised by his parents in both California and Nevada. "In 1971, I attended Orr Junior High School (Las Vegas, NV). As a young student I learned basic drawing and arts & crafts skills."
"In 1974, I attended Valley High School (Las Vegas, NV) and studied commercial design, oil painting, watercolor painting, drawing portraits, and making shapes in ceramics. My teachers were Mrs. McLaughlin and Mr. Parker. Both teachers encouraged me to try different ......
Roger Huyssen was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and did graduate work at Art Center College of Design. During his thirty five year career as an artist in New York, Huyssen\'s work has appeared in all forms of visual communication.
His unique style and expressive concepts have been seen on movie posters, national advertising campaigns, and magazines, including over twenty Time magazine covers, several of which are now part of the ......
Bob Iverson was inspired at 14 years of age by his fellow neighbors Shaky Jake and Phil Whetsone. He worked up the nerve to ask a buddy's dad some questions. He was recommended to get a black-handle Grumbacher, in a 0 or 00, and some Sherwin Williams enamel. He and his mother drove to the art store and that purchase made 31 years ago changed his life.
In Garys early 20s he decided to dedicate his life to the art of pinstriping. Gary taught himself and has now mastered pinstriping and the Buegler striping tool, for which he is considered one of the world's fastest and best. A couple years later Gary opened a shop in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has been going strong for over 20 years now. The biggest clintelle is mostly vehicle projects for pinstriping, lettering, graphics, and many gold leaf jobs.
It all started in 1957, when Alan's father took his family to a car show at
the New York Coliseum. This is where Alan saw Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
pinstriping, first hand. After taking note of the unusual brush and the can
of 1-shot paint, AJ was hooked.
Originally from Red Bank, New Jersey, he worked his way through art school
in the 60's (Newark School of Fine Industrial Art) by painting, airbrushing
and lettering everything from fresh produce ......
