This image ‘White Chevy Red Trailer’ is the work of John Salt, a local born artist who is best known for his photo realist air brush paintings of American cars, often in a battered state. Some of his work is in the collection of the Birmingham Art Gallery and features in a current exhibition, The Art of Birmingham 1940 - 2008 which continues until Feb 1 2009. ( Paul Bartlett a member of Birmingham Printmakers also has work in this show)
Listening to John Salt talk about his work recently, l was struck by the incredible painstaking process he uses to create his work which involves breaking down the image into small sections and completing these rather than building it up incrementally by working over the whole canvas.

His airbrush technique is combined with cutting out very intricate stencils from paper through which he develops the layers of colours. He does not use the airbrush in a ‘freehand’ fashion but entirely with the use of stencils. An incredible artist!

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