ArtMartyr is a gallery we opened up in a warehouse space in 2002 in Costa Mesa California. It has since become a part of the Blacktop Media Network and resides on Facebook and in posts here on Blacktop Magazine.
We met Yvonne during a private tour of the Lions Drag Strip Museum in Rancho Dominguez, California. Inspired by the world class murals in the museum, we asked her to send a few images of her work and bio. Enjoy! Yvonne Mecialis, began her showing her talent for drawing and painting at an early age. […]
An Intimate Evening At The NHRA Motorsports Museum After spending the day at Mitzi’s Pinup Pool Party, I rolled Project Riff-Raff over to the NHRA Museum for the Vinyl Inspiration exhibit opening reception. It was a big day, May 18, 2029. Over at the Irwindale Dragstrip was Nitro Revival 3, a great day for drag […]
Historical Society of Long Beach Presents: CHROME! Cruisin’ Clubs and Drag Strips The Historical Society of Long Beach came by our Sunday Morning get-together one week. Director Julie Bartolotto and Steffie Hands stopped by to tell us (Mercifuls Car Club) about an exhibit they are putting together called Chrome! Cruisin’, Car Clubs and Drag Strips. […]
We stopped by for a visit to the NHRA Museum during the 2018 Grand National Roadster Show. Take a look: Watch the Video:
You could say it’s all my Uncle Doug’s fault… In 1969 he and his buddy Jim painted a ‘64 GTO Competition Orange with Black Lace Stripes in our home garage. I was seven years old and can see the overspray as if it was yesterday. From that point on, I knew I was going to […]
Well let’s see… Hopefully many of you know me from the car mags from my art and my cars being published in many different auto magazines and other magazines over many, many years. Anyhow If you don’t know of my name or my work I just tell people to google my name. Seems to be […]
Matt Bernal is only 34 years old and already has a successful career under his belt in the automotive aftermarket, where he has spent the last 15 years providing conceptual design, body kit design, project car renderings and sponsorship proposal renderings. What started out as a love of drawing cars in grade school led Matt […]
You know from the moment you meet Chris, he is passionate about the historic techniques used by lettering artists, sign-painters and pinstripers. I was fortunate enough to meet him when he joined the Mercifuls So Cal Car Club. You can’t help but be friends with Chris. He has a pleasant and friendly personality as if […]
Made from Scratch All my work starts out as black-inked clay-coat board and I scratch off the surface with an X-acto knife to reveal the white layer underneath. It’s not exactly drawing in reverse – more like drawing the way light hits an object. I grew up in Los Angeles, and watched my dad build […]
Silversmith Shelley is a Los Angeles based silversmith originally from Houston, Texas. She has lived in the South, East Coast, Midwest and West Coast. Prior to going back to silversmithing she ran Zombie Kitten Originals, a small retro clothing line that artistically explored atomic dish patterns, horror and Sci-fi themes. Shelley holds a B.F.A in […]
Ol-Skool Pinstriping IF someone was to ask how it all started I would have to give credit to a Southern California pinstriper named Shaky Jake. He was my major influence in telling me where to get paint and brushes. I remember him telling me to practice for five years and check back in. Forty-four years […]
Chris Dunlop aka “Pinstripe Chris” is an Automotive Artist and Designer based out of Southern California. He is a full time artist that had started out in the autobody/paint side of the custom car world working hands on with the types of cars he still enjoys. Originally based out of Rockville, Maryland, Chris and his […]
