Phil Hill and Pebble Beach 1955

Pencil "remarque" on archival Giclee print of one of my illustrations © Paul Chenard 2007
Phil Hill Collection

At the Pebble Beach weekend in 1955, Phil Hill won the race driving a Ferrari 750 Monza. But on the same weekend, he also won Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance with his self-restored 1931 Pierce Arrow Model 41, formally belonging to his Aunt. In one weekend, he showed his utter skill as a racer and a restorer.

I thought it would be great to combine the two accomplishments in one piece. I did a pencil sketch "remarque" of his Best of Show win on a Giclee print of my Pebble Beach race illustration and sent it to Mr Hill as a gift. I was told that he and his family very much appreciated it.

1956 MGA

Prismacolour pencils on paper © Paul Chenard 2006
Brian Woods Collection

With my 50th fast approaching, I remembered that I did this up for a friend's half century.

1930's Hubley Bluenose Special

From Left to right: Dave Boon, me (seated), Laurent Chenard





Laurent sitting in history.

Dave Boon of Ottawa, Ontario owns and races a piece of history.

The 1930's Hubley Bluenose Special hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia and is named after it's creator.

It's safe to say that it is probably the oldest original functioning racer in Canada. I had the honour of developing the period-style graphics for the racer.

My son Laurent and I had the great pleasure of finally meeting Dave at the Mosport Vintage Racing Festival in June 2007.



Laurent filmed the Hubley Bluenose Special with it's vintage Chevy engine running; it carries some actual period Chevy performance parts ... amazing!

You can see more on this racer at http://thegarageblog.com/garage/vintage-racer-hubley-bluenose-special/
thanks to Gary Grant and his great Blog.

Sir Stirling Moss, driving for Mercedes, won his first GP in Aintree, England 1955

Pencil on paper © Paul Chenard 2007

'32 Ford

Vector-based digital illustration © Paul Chenard 2000

One of my few completely digital illustrations, done in Adobe Illustrator on a Mac.

It's available on a t-shirt under Automobiliart at www.cafepress.com/automobiliart

Jimmy Murphy winning the 1921 French GP for Duesenburg

Pencil on paper 12"x 9" © Paul Chenard
Scott Higgins Collection

Porsche Speedster 1956

Pen & ink on board © Paul Chenard 1985

Bugatti on the Banking

Ballpoint pen on note paper © Paul Chenard 2007

This was a doodle during a meeting.

Phil Hill driving a Ferrari 250TR, Le Mans 1958

Pencil on paper, 9"x 6" © Paul Chenard 2006

Phil Hill, co-driving with Belgian Olivier Gendebien, won his first of 3 Le Mans' in 1958. He later started driving Ferrari Formula 1 cars, becoming the 1961 Grand Prix World Champion.

Mr Phil Hill's birthday later this month

Pen and ink on card © Paul Chenard 2007

A year ago this week, I did this sketch for Mr. Phil Hill for his 80th birthday on April 20th.

It took a lot of research to find a mix of Formula 1 and GT cars in which he actually raced that had numbers that would add up to 80. I hope he liked it.

I've included the note that I had inside the card.

Grand Prix Engines from the 1950's

Talbot-Lago T26C - France
© Paul Chenard 2008






Mercedes W196 - Germany
© Paul Chenard 2008






Vanwall 2.5L - England
© Paul Chenard 2008












Maserati 250F - Italy
© Paul Chenard 2008

Pencil and Prismacolor pencil on coloured paper 12"x9"

I decided to do significant 1950's Grand Prix race car engines on paper in International Racing Colours.

The series is available as limited edition premium archival Giclee prints, 14.5'x 11' (image size 12'x 9'), signed and numbered to a limit of 100 of each. The suggested retail price is $125 USD each plus shipping/handling, or all 4 for $445 USD plus shipping/handling.

Formula 1 Cars of the Past

Brabham BT26















McLaren M26














Wolf WR1












Williams FW07

These photos were shot by my son Laurent at the 2007 Mosport Vintage Racing Festival.
All photos, and more, are available for sale.














I took this shot of one of my favorite early F1 racers, the Talbot-Lago T26C (Photo © Paul Chenard).

Marmon "Wasp" 1911 Indianapolis 500

Pen & ink on board, digitally painted
© Paul Chenard 2007

Ray Harroun driving the 1911 Marmon "Wasp" on his way to the first Indianapolis 500 win ... also the first car with a rear-view mirror.

Paper Model: Maserati 250F

A few years ago, I designed a paper model of my all-time favorite Grand Prix car, a Maserati 250F. I did it completely from scratch,
drawing it a vector-based illustration program (Adobe Illustrator) so that I could resize it easily without compromising quality.
It takes about 3-4 hours to build it, but the results are
pretty satisfying.

Pony Car Wars - Mustang vs Camaro

Pencil & Faber-Castell brush markers on paper
© Paul Chenard

I did this sketch while out of town at 4-on-4 soccer tournament for my youngest son. There was too much action to follow, so I decided to do a sketch.

Luigi Faglioli in an Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta at the 1950 British GP

Pen & ink on paper © Paul Chenard 2006
Scott Higgins Collection

Gulf Racing Ford GT40 1968

Pencil on paper 29 cm X 23 cm © Paul Chenard 2006
$200 CDN plus shipping/handling

The Gulf Racing GT40 gets wheeled from it's transporter by the team race technicians before the 1968 Le Mans, which it won. The same car won in 1969 also.

Silver Arrows in Monaco 1937

Pencil on paper 29 cm X 23 cm © Paul Chenard 2006
Charles Feitshans Collection

Fangio driving the Mercedes 300 SLR at LeMans 1955

Pencil on paper, 12"x 9" © Paul Chenard 2006
Geoffrey Chenard Collection

Bugatti Club of Italy tours Spain

Pen & ink on board 51 cm X 41 cm © Paul Chenard 2006