Art & Cars are both debated topics, but when they come together, something magically happens. Pop Bang Colour did that with my MINI R56 JCW by bringing the love and passion I have for it by interviewing me whilst drawing my JCW.
If you don’t know who is POP BANG COLOUR is, let me fill you in…
Ian Cook is a contemporary British artist renowned for creating artwork using radio-controlled cars, car tyres and toy car wheels #PaintwithCars. He also creates #ContinuousCar drawings with one continuous line, commissions, school workshops and team building events, paint events and pop bang car vinyl wraps.
Painting with cars is quite simple – paint is applied onto the canvas, and the cars and wheels are run through the paint. However, prior to any painting being created, there is a great deal of preparation in choosing the correct image/s, doing a few tweaks (flipped, removing backgrounds if requested etc.) or mocking up a completely new image; this is what the client requires.
He a little back story on him:
Graduated with a first-class degree in Fine Art Painting, Ian has a quirky edge and has always described his artwork as ‘a friendly explosion of colour’. His unique process of painting started for 3 main reasons;
1. Car and motorsports enthusiast
2. He has trained and always wanted to be an artist
3. For Christmas in 2006, he was bought a radio-controlled car and was told: “Don’t take it down the studio and don’t get paint on it!” and so he decided to do just that.
Since 2007, Ian has combined his passion for cars and art, creating various artworks and projects. Highlights include painting a portrait of Lewis Hamilton the size of a 3-storey building, breaking a Guinness World record and having artwork featured on Top Gear.
Ian and his fleet of paint-splattered cars can be found at popular motoring shows and events in the UK and internationally when not painting in the POPBANGCOLOUR studio.
Artworks are generally created to commission or appeal to the audience who are likely to be at the event, whether at BTCC, Goodwood, Silverstone, or elsewhere.
His big break started with the first artwork he created live in a shopping centre in Wolverhampton. This was covered by the local media and then picked up by the national media. This led to featuring at various motoring events when at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, an employee from M&C Saatchi spotted Ian’s work…
He has worked with a lot of automotive brands, Car Events and appeared on BBC One.
His skill and work are distinctive, and you have definitely seen his work without even realising it!
If you want to check out more of his work, here are his details:
Here is my interview and live drawing with Ian Cook, aka Pop Bang Colour
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If you want your car drawn to drop him a message, he will get back to you on a time and date.
The cost was £75, which included the drawing being sent to you plus you’re supporting a British artist!
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Lohen – lohen.co.uk
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Millys Auto – millsysautos.co.uk
TWG Automotive – twgautomotive.co.uk
MiniWorks – mini-works.co.uk
RSI C6 – rsic6.com
Outmotoring – outmotoring.com
ESC Tuning – ecstuning.com
Detroit Tuned – detroittuned.com
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