Painting the Picture

[Simon Sexton]

Hey Everyone,

Good morning sailors! I was at a Bridge of Honor in Galveston for a good friend of mine on Sunday who earned both his Sea Scout Quartermaster and Boy Scout Eagle. While I was socializing with my fellow skippers and racing friends, my best friend since I've known from pre-school, Ryan Frank, showed up and his father, Jonathan Frank was with him. He approached the gift table and put up one of the most beautiful paintings I had ever seen in my entire life; he is truly gifted, and I just wanted to share with all of you how he captures moments by painting the picture.

http://cuaa-art.com/#gallery

 

[njlarry]

Thank you. Really nice! When does he want to do my Ford Explorer?

 

[Simon Sexton]

Thank you. Really nice! When does he want to do my Ford Explorer?

You may want to take that up with him!

 

[agprice22]

Wow! I have a photo I snapped at Sebring in the late 70s(?) of the Whittington Bros Porsche 935 twin turbo on the inside straight headed for the hairpin. I will post it for you later. It looks very reminiscent of that porsche.

 

[Simon Sexton]

FINALLY a racing fan on the forums! Hah! I've never been to Sebring myself, but I've watched races at COTA, Nurburgring, Laguna Seca and Spa; next on my bucket list is Monte Carlo!

 

[Rick D]

Im from the days of Riverside raceway with Astons, D-types, Old Yeller, Coopers, etc. Good days.

 

[Simon Sexton]

Im from the days of Riverside raceway with Astons, D-types, Old Yeller, Coopers, etc. Good days.

I love those races! I actually worked on a team called Flying Tomato; it was a red 1950 Mini Cooper that, more than half the time, was outrunning Vipers and Vettes!

 

[agprice22]

As promised...

 

[agprice22]

As promised...
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I took this photo of the Whittington Bros Porsche 935 twin turbo on the inside run down to the hairpin at Sebring. This mid 80’s. Canon AT-1 SLR with a 100-300 Tele-Zoom. This is after the walking bridge, so the car is probably over 100mph here. Interestingly, the Whittington Bros were apparently financing this effort with sales of high octane white powder...

 

[Will Gilmore]

I don't follow racing but I am a fan of AJ Foyt in his Gilmore Machine. Go Formula 1.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[MisterR6]

Agreed! Formula 1 is the best auto racing. Also love moto gp, superbike and supercross. Wrenched for a formula mazda team called speed connection for a very short time. Team finances ended the fun. No more speed connection. Now the team manager builds cars for brian johnson( singer for Ac/dc).