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Drag Racing Artist David Carl Peters
Welcome to The Art of David Carl Peters,,,The Drag Racing Artist Extraodinaire!
This is your one-stop-shop for the absolute finest in Drag Racing and Hot Rodding Fine-Art Limited-Edition Prints, by award winning Graphic Designer and Artist David Carl Peters.
WE ARE HAVING A 30% OFF, THE ENTIRE STORE SUMMER SALE !
We feature Limited-Edition Prints, of David's oringinal paintings,signed by John Force , Tony Pedregon, Kenny Bernstein, Joe Amato, Scott Kalitta, Cory Mac, and more. Plus we offer a huge selection of nostalgia Drag Racing Action prints in Limited-Editions. (Just visit the Galleries on the left side of this page.)
Airbrush Artist and Design Wizard David Carl Peters, has designed over 1,000 cars for NHRA and IHRA Drag Racing, and for the Pro Street, and Custom Car circuits. For his imaginative graphic designed paint schemes, he has received over 100 "BEST APPEARING CAR" awards...
When he is not designing, he is working on his long term project, creating an illustrated history of the sport of Drag Racing and Hot Rodding. Here at our store, you may acquire Limited-Edition Prints of these fabulous cars (in our "CLASSIC CENTERSPREADS" galleries), as he completes each image. The end goal of this project is going to be a book. Once the book (to be named later), is published, these prints will no longer be available seperately...
Please contact us if you wish to have your car included in this historic collection...
David also does commissioned work, and will create an original paintings of your Hot Rod or Race Car. Of course, David is always available to create a graphic paint scheme for your race car, or complete team...
Please enjoy your visit to our site, and come back often, as we will be adding new pieces of artwork and prints on a regular basis...
Please contact us with any suggestions you may have about our site, or any artworks you would like to see in the future...Contact the artist directly, Davidcarlpeters@aol.com
or cal 951-688-3086.
Thank You...and Please Return Soon!
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Featured Product
Raising Hell N Fontana"Raising Hell in Fontana!"
Limited-Edition Print of 500 (13x19) signed and numbered by the Artist.
If my memory serves me correct, ( and believe me, I have to have both braincells firing to remember anything these days) I remember my (Late) buddy Bob Wagner, telling me he had a shot of "Pure Hell's" debut...I didn't pay much attention to that statement at the time, because Bob was always telling me stories like that. He promised to show me the photos someday, but he passed away (at the young age of 52) before that happened....As I was digging through his photo archives, I ran across the "Pure Hell" pic...I was completely taken aback by this great moment of drag racing history captured here in this image...I knew this was the shot that I wanted to paint. Not only becuase it was "Pure Hell", but also because of how it captures the feeling of that iconic drag strip known simply as " Fontana."
It was over two decades ago, when Bob told me about "Pure Hell's" debut. I don't remember our whole conversation, so right now I can't back-up the Bob's claim about PH's debut, but I will research it further I promise you that. (Ok, this is the car's debut in So Cal, and at Fontana. The car is so fresh at this point, that the paint was probably still wet.)
I spent a good month working on this painting, trying to capture the details of all the cars in the staging lanes, and trying to create and capture that "Fontana" feel! In the distance you can see the windswept Eucalyptus trees that populates alot of this area of So Cal...This area of Fontana, is the corridor where the "Santa Ana " winds to come ripping down from the high desert...Even a brick tower was built for the track to withstand the sometimes 60 mph winds...In the painting's background, you can see a truck cruising down "Foothill" Blvd, (the infamous Route66) where the track was located. I like this scene, looks like a weekday afternoon and the staging lanes are full of all the local guys getting ready to run. On the left side of the tower, you can see some buddies who ditched HS class to sneak out to the track...As for the "Pure Hell" seen here, it does look like an very early version of the car...The smallblack chevy has only small 8" headers, which I've never seen in any other picture, and, Dale Emery's firesuit looks "brand spanking new." So that does seem to go along with Bob's story....
This is certainly how I remember "Fontana," just this simple strip right off Foothill Blvd. You could just pull in, pay $5.00, uncork your muffler and go make some noise running your bomb down the track...What a Wonderful time! Please visit the "Latest News" at DragRacingArtist.Com for the complete Fontana Story...
I really enjoyed doing this painting, I hope you enjoy it also....DCP
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