Do you like Art? Do you like Car Art?

Very rarely will we repeat an article. This is the exception. This article was posted long before we had any type of following. We would like to now introduce Hugo Prado to our readers and our followers. He is certainly worth the attention. 

All About Detail Classic Car News
Press Release  2/18/2011 

  HUGO PRADO with Jay Leno 

Born in 1952, Hugo Prado grew up in Miraflores a West Coast surfing suburb of Lima-Peru, South America. His main passion, other than car races and surfing, was drawing. Hugo's father, Carlos, was a race car driver and responsible for importing vehicles, such as VOLVO's, BMW's, FIAT's, etc. into Peru. "I was the most popular kid in our neighborhood”, Hugo comments, “since my father Carlos would bring a different car from work everyday"

After working as an illustrator in advertising, Hugo realized his life-long dream in 1989, when he decided to leave commercial art to become a full-time automotive artist and founded AutomotiveFineArt.com working in acrylic and watercolors sprayed through the airbrush. His original paintings usually take anywhere from three months to a year to complete. The 1931 Duesenberg and the Dale Earnhardt each took a year to complete.

His work can be seen on MOTORWEEK, and his prints have been sold on TV on QVC and auctioned by "The World Leader of Collector Car Auctioneers " KRUSE INTERNATIONAL. Among Hugo's noted collectors is JAY LENO, of the Tonight Show.

Our “in-house publishing capabilities” allows Hugo to publish his own limited edition Giclees on spectacular 8 color process. Being the artist he can match the color of his original art on all the published prints as no one can. 

"As an artist, I understand the meaning of quality and service. I provide my collectors with the best quality, from the original painting all the way to shipping”. This degree of commitment is part of what makes Hugo Prado's limited edition art prints so valuable.

Hugo Prado is available for private and corporate commissions. Galleries and collectors interested in commissions or in purchasing the prints please contact:

AutomotiveFineArt.com
9341 N. Nyberg Rd.
Hayward, WI 54843-6635
Phone: (715) 580-0404
E-mail: sales@automotivefineart.com
Web site: http://www.AutomotiveFineArt.com

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Please join us at All About Detail and see some of Hugo's work at our On Line Classic Cars for Sale Museum.

Make sure to review our last post  "What will you be driving when you are 101 years old?"

****Are Classic Cars Art?****

A lot of people look at cars as a vehicle that carries people from one place to another. They do not think of cars as an Art. They do not believe that cars can be a media for an artist to express themselves.So how can Car Artists and  Car Collectors defend their love for the Classic Car?

Like the man said, “pictures are worth a thousand words”. Please join us, “All About Detail” an “On Line Classic Cars for Sale Museum” for a slide show tour of our museum. We encourage you to take the tour and think about the artists behind the work.

.Unlike the art hanging in the Guggenheim, this art requires a Team. Foremost are the designers. These work with all types of media, sculptures, drawing, cad programming and more. Then there are the engineers who work with the designs and try to fit a mechanical working unit within the design’s parameters, no easy task. Many times the engineer’s and designers are forced into compromises. Lastly, the assembly team has to get all the pieces to fit and work.  

Isn’t it just wonderful when it all comes together? Did you notice the Ferrari 512T? If that is not art what is?

Cars do carry people from one place to another but when they do, they are "Moving Art". The Guggenheim will probably never hang a Classic Car on one of its walls. So if you want to view this art work you will need to visit a Car Museum or you can accept our invitation and visit our “On Line Classic Cars for Sale Museum”. 

If you are getting ready to sell your Classic Beauty please read my blog concerning proper pictures and properly worded details.

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