Who
Peter Aylett founded Car Art, Inc. after a 25-year career as an automotive design engineer. The great-grandson of a London carriage maker, he developed an early appreciation for the art of car design, particularly 50s American fins, 60s Italian exotics and British sports cars. His work with Ford and Lotus in England, Mercedes in Stuttgart, GM in Detroit and Los Angeles, Nissan in San Diego, and Mazda in Irvine, California, helped create exciting concepts like the Corvette Stingray III and coveted sports cars like the Lotus Esprit, De Lorean and Mazda RX-8. A past member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Industrial Designers Society of America, Peter is now a member of the Los Angeles-based Motor Press Guild.
What
Car Art, Inc. was established in 2002 with this idea: Your favorite car in art ... by the car’s designer!
CarDesignerArt.com was introduced to sell prints of car designer artwork. Aylett commissioned a painting of the Mazda RX-7 sports car, by its designer, Wu-Huang Chin. Other renowned car designers have joined Car Art from Europe and the USA, including Maurizio Corbi, a Ferrari designer with Pininfarina, Henrik Fisker, BMW Z8 designer, now Aston Martin Design Director, and Chuck Jordan, former Vice President of Design for GM, with his rare tail fin designs from the 50s and 60s.
CarFineArt.com was added when automotive fine artists came to Car Art’s stable, most of them members of the elite Automotive Fine Arts Society. They include its President, Ken Eberts, a former car designer with Ford, and Vice President Bill Motta, who was Art Director for Road & Track for 40 years. Other award-winning artists have joined from England, France, Germany, Canada and Argentina.
CarArtInc.com now showcases both groups in one convenient resource: an extraordinary collection of 500 artworks—many exclusive—of 60 marques, by the masters of automotive art ... at their same prices. Originals, signed, limited edition prints, and posters, range from European sports and racing to American muscle and classics, in most years since 1897 ... or we can commission a personal painting of your car by your favorite artist!
Car Art also helps foster children, by assisting development of the Extreme Gravity Racing Series, an exciting competition notable for its wildly different designs by European and Californian car studios. (Maurizio Corbi, one of our car designers from Pininfarina, has created an all-new design for 2005.)
Car Art: the ultimate art resource for car design enthusiasts!
Where
Car Art, Inc. is centered in car-crazy California—home of the world’s best in computers, entertainment, aerospace ... and automotive design. Many trends have originated here, including car styling, which began with Harley Earl’s custom designs for Hollywood stars back in the twenties. Many car designers are trained at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Twenty companies from Detroit, Japan, Germany, Korea, Sweden, France and Italy have set up car design studios in the greater Los Angeles area ... half in Orange County, where Car Art is based. Many of the most distinguished members of the Automotive Fine Arts Society work here in the Golden State, with the world’s premier exhibit of automotive art held annually at Pebble Beach. This unique convergence of creativity has led to this region becoming the Car Art & Design Center of the World!
Car Art also sells prints through the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, The San Diego Car Collection, VisionArt and at car shows in California and Arizona. The company and its products have been featured in TV, radio, publications and special events, including Hawaii’s Ohana Road TV show, Los Angeles’ Car and Driver Radio show, The Car Nut radio show, the Automotive Art Expo in Pebble Beach, Concorso Italiano, Barrett-Jackson, The Esquire House, The Robb Report Collection, Sports Car Market covers, Octane magazine in England ... even AutoPilot magazine in Russia. As well as North America, orders have been received globally from Europe, Middle East, Asia, Central America and Australia.
When
Car Art, Inc. will continue to add the best new artists to broaden our artistic styles and range of cars in art, for display in your home or office. In the future, look for:
- Car Art featured in Dream Car Garage on the Speed Channel.
- A new Car Photography section.
- An Automotive Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.
Questions
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