A Christmas Present
I know I promised to finish this one up a while ago, but better late than never, I guess. I have just completed my latest oil painting on a 3’ x 3’ canvas depicting Ken Miles driving the Ford GT40 Mark II at Le Mans in 1966.
This painting took many hours, much longer than any of my other pieces. The delay was worth it, as I wanted to make sure I got it right. Sure, it’s not a photo realistic representation of the actual car, but that’s not what I was going for. I prefer that my traditional visual artwork, whether it be a drawing or painting, include aspects of individual style and interpretation. After all, if all paintings were photo realistic, there wouldn’t be much variety and that would be, well…boring.
Look closely and you can see every brush stroke, line variation, and imperfection that makes this painting truly one of a kind.
What you don’t see in the finished product is the line drawing that was completed as the foundation upon which to paint. I drew this freehand with only the aid of reference photos to look at. The drawing itself spanned about a third (if not half) of the total time it took to complete the finished painting, including many corrections and revisions along the way.
But the completion of this painting is not the present I am offering you. In celebration of finishing this piece, I am giving away 1,000 editions of an NFT featuring this painting. This NFT is particularly special to me, not only because of the time and effort that went into the painting, but also because it represents another example of where traditional art and NFTs intersect. There’s no copy/paste here. No CTRL+Z. No AI. Just pure time, passion, skill, and patience, all aspects which I believe represent the true heart and soul of traditional art.
This is my gift to the NFT community for all of the support and inspiration you all have given me over the past year as I have explored the NFT space and learned the ways of the degen community. I look forward to any feedback or thoughts you have on this piece (feel free to hit me up on Twitter and/or Instagram). Please enjoy!
Link to claim page: https://app.manifold.xyz/c/gt40painting
