It's always great when I travel to, by chance meet some rather extraordinary people. These people usually stand out for being very successful in whatever they have chosen to do - so as to stand out really. If they happen to be successful and creative, well then that's just terrific.
Today I'm writing about meeting with Ian Cook. A very talented artist whose medium and matter are both close to heart! Yes folks it's the automobile!
I was back at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire. It's a place I always enjoy coming back to because there's always a new exhibit or special showing (besides the usual collection of some fantastic classics) that make it worth my while.
So at the museum I came across what seemed like a new exhibit at first, and then became apparent - it was an artist's studio! Pop Bang Colour is the brand and the artist - Ian Cook of course - uses remote-controlled model cars to express his creativity on canvas! The subject is usually automobile-related though that's also because he is a but of a motor head himself! He uses cars of all shapes, sizes and model types as each one acts as a different-sized brushes would for a regular painter.
Ian says he first began painting this way when he was gifted an R/C car by his then girlfriend. And the one thing she asked was - not to get paint on it! So of course that's exactly what happened! And the rest as they say is history.
Several automobile manufactures, organisations and racing teams have commissioned works by Ian. He always paints in large proportions since the medium requires a wide canvas. Some works can be finished in a day, but usually one piece takes him as much as 8-10 days to get done.
Thanks to twitter I got the chance to meet Ian! You see I had tweeted about chancing upon his work at the HMC museum, though he wasn't around. He saw my tweets and since he was back at the museum, messaged me to check if I was till around. Luckily for me, we hadn't left as yet. I am looking forward to connecting with Ian once again soon, so we may also film with him to truly bring his work and how he paints to you.
But for now do have a loon at some of my pictures. I hope you're as blown away as I was! Pop Bang Colour indeed!
