Pencil on paper, antique frame © Paul Chenard 2006Thursday, 28 February 2008
Malcolm Campbell in Bluebird at Pendine Sands, January 1927
Pencil on paper, antique frame © Paul Chenard 2006
Monday, 25 February 2008
Lotus 18 Formula Junior Champion
Pencil on board © Paul Chenard 2007
Phil Lamont Collection
Phil Lamont from Hubbards, Nova Scotia is a great racer and great gentleman. In the last few years, he is more often than not Formula Junior North American Champion, sucessfully racing his 1960 Lotus 18 Formula Junior.
Phil also runs Vintage Tyres Limited (Vintyre@aol.com), the North American supplier for Dunlop vintage racing tyres.
Friday, 22 February 2008
My trade show booth at Mosport
This is the 10'x 10' booth setup I had had the VARAC Vintage Racing Festival at Mosport, Ontario in June of 2007.
It was great to have giant 8'x 6' colour vinyl outputs of my illustrations, thanks to Mike Kelly of Precision Digital of Halifax (www.precisionatlantic.com). Amazing colour!
Thursday, 21 February 2008
1965 Cobra Daytona Coupe #12
Pen & ink, digitally painted © Paul Chenard 2006
The 1965 GT Championship winning Cobra Daytona Coupes left their mark on racing history on both sides of the Atlantic.
This illustration is available as a limited edition of 250 signed and numbered 22" x 17" premium archival Giclee prints. $150 CDN plus shipping/handling
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Grand Prix Doodle
Ballpoint pen on paper © Paul Chenard 2007
Gordon MacLeod Collection
Doodle done during a board (bored?) meeting.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Monday, 18 February 2008
Driver/Constuctor/Winner Series
1 Brabham BT19 1966
2 Eagle Westlake T1G 1967
3 McLaren M7A 1968
The series highlights the 3 driver/constructors who won a race in the car they built. Pencil on paper © Paul Chenard 2007
Each illustration is available as a limited edition of 250 signed and numbered 17" x 14.5" premium archival Giclee prints.
Sir Jack Brabham sent me a note when he saw the BT19 sketch:
Dear Paul,
Thank you for the very nice pencil sketch of the BT19.
Jack Brabham
Wow! I was thrilled to hear from Sir Jack directly.
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Gilles Villeneuve racing a Ferrari T4 in the rain
Pencil on paper, working drawing © Paul Chenard 2007
Canada's most celebrated F1 driver, fearless and focused. He left us too early ... January 18, 1950 - May 8, 1982.
Fangio on his way to winning the Monaco GP 1957
Pen & ink on vellum © Paul Chenard 2006
I've applied this illustration to a black t-shirt, which I have for sale at $30 CDN plus shipping and handling.
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Tazio Nuvolari in an Auto Union Type-D
Pencil on paper, digital coloured © Paul Chenard 2006
Tazio Nuvolari won the 1938 British GP driving the V-12 Auto Union. The inset shows the gold turtle pendant "logo" that he wore at all his races.
Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati 250F, Nurburgring 1957
Pencil on paper 9"x 6" © Paul Chenard 2006
Charles McCabe Collection
In my opinion, Fangio was the greatest Grand Prix driver there ever was. His brilliance was opitomized in his maestro drive of the 1957 German GP.
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Italian GP 1951 Monza
Prismacolor pencil on coloured Canson paper
© Paul Chenard 2008
Fangio and Farina in Alfa Romeo 159's, followed by winner Ascari in a Ferrari 375.
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
My artwork featured in Victory Lane magazine January 08
It's a great honour to be featured in such an important vintage racing news publication.
Monday, 4 February 2008
Sir Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell 005 winning the Canadian GP 1972
Limited edition of 250 (11.5" x 9") numbered and signed Giclee prints $50 CDN plus shipping/handling.
Pencil on paper, partly digitally coloured
© Paul Chenard
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Sir Stirling Moss on his way to his first GP win, 1955 British GP, Aintree.
Pencil on paper © Paul Chenard 2007
Limited edition of 125 (34.5"x 11") numbered and signed
premium archival Giclee prints $150 CDN plus shipping/handling.
Penske Sunoco Porsche 917-30 Can Am 1973
Pen & ink on vellum, digitally painted© Paul Chenard 2007
Limited edition of 100 (14.5" x 11") numbered and signed premium archival Giclee prints $125 CDN plus shipping.
Roger Penske, Mark Donohue and Porsche made a formidable team in Can Am racing during the 1973 season. With Porsche's support, they modified the 917-10 into the all-dominating 917-30. The Donohue developped, Penske modified, Sunoco sponsored Porsche was said to put out over 1000 hp!
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