Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
A couple of classics drawn at the new home of the Bruce McLaren Trust. Originally housed in the old McLaren's Garage in the Upland Road shops, Remuera, it can now be found at a purpose build, shiny new pad out at Hampton Downs.
This superb Austin Healey 100/4 on display even got a cameo in the new McLaren movie. I've always been a big fan of Gerry Coker's design. Next I drew this sweet Austin Seven which is the original McLaren's Station shop car. There were all sorts of interesting other cars on display so I'll be back to have a crack at those soon.
This superb Austin Healey 100/4 on display even got a cameo in the new McLaren movie. I've always been a big fan of Gerry Coker's design. Next I drew this sweet Austin Seven which is the original McLaren's Station shop car. There were all sorts of interesting other cars on display so I'll be back to have a crack at those soon.
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