Hand Painted Murals

Fun Mural from a could years ago.

Durham Speed Cameras

Next Week, September 8th 2020,
Durham Cameras are active!

Red Light intersection
Ritson Road at Bond Street - Oshawa
Lake Ridge Road at Goodwood Road - Scugog/Uxbridge
Taunton Road at Lake Ridge Road - Whitby/Ajax
Stevenson Road at King Street - Oshawa
Simcoe Street at Conlin Road - Oshawa
Simcoe Street at Rossland Road - Oshawa
Taunton Road at Altona Road - Pickering
Liverpool Road at Bayly Street - Pickering
Salem Road at Bayly Street - Ajax
Thickson Road at Dundas Street - Whitby
Regional Highway 2 at Courtice Road - Clarington
Westney Road at Delaney Drive/Magill Drive– Ajax

School Zones:Now I know you don't speed in school zones
St. Issac Jogues Catholic School – Pickering (Finch Avenue)
Brock High School – Brock (Cameron Street)

Community Safety Zones:
St. Mary High School – Pickering (Whites Road)
Beaverton Downtown – Brock (Simcoe Street)
Claremont Public School – Pickering (Central Street)
Elizabeth B Phin Public School – Pickering (Altona Road)
Ajax High School – Ajax (Bayly Street East)
Sinclair Secondary School – Whitby (Taunton Road East)
Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute – Whitby (Anderson Street)
Paul Dwyer High School – Oshawa (Rossland Road)
Adelaide McLaughlin Public School – Oshawa (Stevenson Road North)
St. Stephen's United Church – Oshawa (Simcoe Street North)
Ontario Tech University/Durham College – Oshawa (Simcoe Street North)
SJ Phillips Public School – Oshawa (Simcoe Street North)
Beau Valley Public School – Oshawa (Ritson Road North)
Vincent Massey Public School – Oshawa (Adelaide Avenue East)
Eastdale Collegiate Vocational Institute – Oshawa (Harmony Road)
Courtice Downtown – Clarington (Regional Highway 2)
Goodwood Community Centre – Uxbridge (Regional Highway 47)
Hamlet of Sandford – Uxbridge (Regional Road 11)
Bowmanville High School – Clarington (Liberty Street)
Sunderland Downtown – Brock (Regional Road 10)
Cannington Downtown – Brock (Cameron Street)

Broken Telephone

How many people remember the game broken telephone?

I had a voice mail the other day and I could no hear very much at all. If 'Tim' at phone number '058' would call me back.

I'll return your call.

Oldest VW Beetle in the world

Ultra rare 1939 Volkswagen Beetle, chassis #1-00003 was fully restored this year! (2019) VW39 is a pre-production series Volkswagen with an estimated value of $ 1,000,000.00 it the last of 14 prototypes made and is a piece of Porsche and Volkswagen history. The restoration was carried out by The Prototyp - Personen.Kraft.Wagen museum in Hamburg, after two years of work.

Coffee is first in the morning

Vincent Van Gogh Coffee mug
by VincentVan

New Tattoo Studio in Ajax

#handpainted tonight's paint

A photo posted by Chris Sullivan (@squarepin) on May 30, 2016 at 7:43pm PDT

Hand painted parking signs

I was resonantly contacted to replicate a sign painted by the late Dave Connery, RIP. I can't remember the last time I used my air brush and it was fun to use it again.
The majority of the sign is all hand painted the boarder, letters and old GMC are all hand painted and some custom mixed colors to match the original sign, with highlights done using an air brush. I painted the signs one color/element each night in assembly line fashion getting faster each night, the finish photo below is out in the garage as that's where I air brushed the highlights on the hand painted signs.

Reflecting on the project a lot of time was wasted setup and taring down each night as it was just to cold to paint in the garage and not having dedicated studio has me hunting around for things like an hour long search for the air brush...

Detroit Autorama 2016

Last minute free time, for some great cars and pinstriping!

I'll be heading to Detroit Autorama for Saturday only, too many responsibilities at home.

Pinstripers are auctioning there panels for charity www.leaderdog.org so done miss it!

There is also a good read, (well I'll read it later) but please have a look at Detroit News article on the show.

Be There or Be Square!

Pinstriping a Cadillac

Hand painted Pin Striping is a love and a challenge especially on 15 foot plus lines, I start off this job with no tape down the side of this red Cadillac and just could not keep a consistent distance from the body line. 

To fix my problem

I used some green 1/4" painters tape, the adhesive of this tape will not stay on the car after you remove the tape.

Placing the tape line 1/4" higher then were I wanted to stripe the Cadillac, on both sides of the car, note before adding this guide line I made a couple reference points on the front and rear quarter panels to keep both sides symmetrical.

Once the tape was down the hand painted Pinstriping began

Blog mania

"The Internet is Broken" Ryan Holiday

Shooting Pinstriping

Photographing Pinstriping or Paintings in general can sometimes be a challenge, there are layers and reflection that can hide the detail of your painting.
I was lucky enough to have access to a camera with a polarized lens, the lens is adjustable and takes out the glare and making the colors pop.

Below is a Pinstriping panel I painted in 2010, I had never be able to get good picture until now.

Roadwarrior

I painted two more sales samples for The Roadwarrior Team they display these units at trade shows, below is a photo before I painted on the white road lines and for good measure my signature on the bottom ;)

Futurama Paint

Old painting done on a licence plate - 2012

Age is no longer a factor!

I've been slacking off on posting work and have been spend lots of time with my kids.

Meet a 2012 Mustang, owned by very interesting 72 year old gentalmen,  I had the pleasure of spending a couple hours in his company talked about his cars and sales career.

TGIF Irish Quote

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

-JFK

Roadwarrior

I had fun with this lettering project, a larger truck part for trade show.

The customer did a stop motion video at the same time for there partners and I hope I can post it once released.

When Science Fails

“Why is my red signs fading”  it’s true red does fade much faster than anything else no matter the material, but not to worry, there is a work around and it’s quite effective.

The science behind it is rather interesting but I will not bore you with the details, I’ll let an expert do that! "The red dyes are more susceptible to fading because they look red and thus absorb blue, and blue is the higher-energy light," notes David Erhardt of the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education.

Well there you have it, all your burning questions have been answered;  I have seen a lot of faded red signs that are faded and I’m sure you have too.

The work around is an easy fix for your ‘sign guy’ should be able to help you when you’re the sign is built, the process can be different depending on the materials used and simply put it’s a UV coating to protect the colour pigment.

If you have a red sign please make sure you get it UV coated and remember ”A business with no sign is a sign of no business”

Celtic Knots

More hand painted sign.













I have the opportunity to work in a local Irish pub,
Walsh's Snug in Newcastle.
I spend the night after hours painting the floor.
It was great fun and close to home!

Health and Safety

This is not an Art post but one of importance.

Paint fumes are a very real danger and I do prefer not to wear a respirators and will always have a fan and door/window open when painting.

Respirators have advanced in the last 20 years sins I have been around the industry of painting there  are everything from half face respirators to full face with powered filters that are on a belt.

I personal us the 3M half face respirators but have a number of 3M GVP cartridges for sale on amazon as they do have a best before date and I will never use the all.  

If you do not wear protective gear please do so, all the safety gear now fits great and why spend your weekends in the emergency when you can enjoy it at home!

Zebra Truck Paint Job

Super fun paint job over the last week, not totally Pinstriping, but Custom Paint just the same. 

Paint a Zebra Car is now off my bucket list. 

The design has function as well as great looks, there were a number of rust spots and rock chips hidden under the strips. 

This was a very rejuvenating project and could not have been done without great customers!