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Now for sale!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 11, 2011 at 09:29 PM
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It’s for sale! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649&item=150718302157&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT

$300 paintings will soon be $400 paintings

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 17, 2011 at 08:01 AM
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Q): Can you really get a painting like this of YOUR car, truck or motorcycle for only $300.00? A): For now. During the economic downturn I’ve been doing paintings like…

1 of 1 and it can be yours!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 02, 2011 at 07:32 AM
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tags: 454 chevy, big block, gasser, vintage drag racing, sema, artwork, art,
It’s the only one on Earth. Painted to impress even non-car civilians. If it’s not in your man-cave impressing your friends then it will be in somebody else’s man-cave impressing…

Help an artist out!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 11, 2010 at 02:44 PM
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Hide those bare garage walls with museum quality art. Your friends will gasp at the coolness of your man cave when they see prints this special. your spouse won’t even…

Wicked awesome auto art prints dirt cheap until 7:30 pm Tonight!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 01, 2010 at 03:53 PM
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Get over to ebay and get some cool stuff for your walls! Or your kids’ walls! Or your buddy’s walls! The prices on these prints are rediculously low…cheaper than wholesale…

print doorbuster sale ends tonight!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 01, 2010 at 08:20 AM
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Get over to ebay and get some cool stuff for your walls! Or your kids’ walls! Or your buddy’s walls! The prices on these prints are rediculously low…cheaper than wholesale…

My doorbuster print sale on eBay

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posted in: artracer garage, news on November 29, 2010 at 05:13 PM
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So I’m having my own doorbuster Cyber Monday eBay sale! It started last night and ends in two days so if you want my lowest prices you’d better hustle on…

78 prints on Ebay!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on September 29, 2010 at 11:46 AM
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I now have 78 prints on ebay! They’re not all cars but they are all cool (regardless of rumors to the contrary). Go to ebay.com click on “advanced search”, click…

Art gallery show for ME!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on July 24, 2010 at 07:52 AM
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On August 14th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Worthmore Jewelers is hosting a car show, jewelry trunk show and art exhibit at 500 Amsterdam Ave. Any and all are…

Ebay art print sale ends at 8:25 EST tonight!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on May 07, 2010 at 01:42 PM
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Apparently I haven’t been using enough exclamation points so here are a few more!!! My eBay poster blowout sale ends tonight at about 8:25pm EST!! One of the prints featured…

signed automotive art print eBay sale!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on May 04, 2010 at 07:38 AM
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I’m having another ebay print blowout sale ending on Saturday March 20th! All prints began at $2.00 with no reserve! To bid please go to ebay.com click on “advanced search”…

This perfect print isn't worth $2.00?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
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Seriously? This print is listed on ebay with a $2.00 starting price with no reserve and only $4.00 for shipping. There are NO bids and the auction ends tonight. Want…

WICKED cheap hot rod prints on eBay!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 18, 2010 at 08:44 PM
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I’m having another ebay print blowout sale ending on Saturday March 20th! All prints began at $2.00 with no reserve! To bid please go to ebay.com click on “advanced search”…

Another print blowout sale on Ebay!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 17, 2010 at 11:25 AM
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I’m having another ebay print blowout sale ending on Saturday March 20th! All prints began at $2.00 with no reserve! To bid please go to ebay.com click on “advanced search”…

REALLY cheap prints on eBay ending tonight!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 23, 2010 at 05:06 PM
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So my $1.00 no reserve print sale experiment with eBay is ending tonight at 8:45pm. To bid please go to Ebay. Click on “advanced search” then under ‘find items” click”by…

Richard Petty autographed original art on Ebay ends Tonight! NO RESERVE!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 21, 2010 at 11:14 AM
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Don’t miss out! The current bid is only $61.00 and there is no reserve so it WILL sell to the highest bidder. The auction ends at 9:10 pm Sunday 2/21/10.…

eBay the old school way. $1.00 start no reserve.

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 18, 2010 at 09:18 AM
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So I’m trying an experiment this week. I’ve listed 47 prints and 2 originals (including the autographed Richard Petty piece above) on eBay the old fashioned way. Everything starts at…

Original art autographed by Richard Petty on eBay

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 15, 2010 at 10:28 AM
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tags: art, artists, nascar, stock car racing, artracer, lawrence gardinier, superbird, plymouth, hemi, roadrunner, richard petty
I’m beginning to clean out my art storage closet. I did this piece in the 90s when I found out King Richard was going to be signing autographs at a…

wanted 67-69 Chevy G-10 van

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 14, 2010 at 02:10 PM
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A friend mine had been building/driving his G-10 Chevy breadbox van for several years until a person with inadequate ice driving skills hit it hard in the front on the…

It's close- we're only a few fans apart, don't let my brother in law win!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 04, 2010 at 10:55 AM
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It’s near the end and it’s insanely close! Please hurry over to my Facebook fanpage and help make my underdog win! He’s at 297 and I’m at 294 fans. Show…

My brother in law is winning but we can stop him!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 02, 2010 at 07:42 AM
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He’s winning and he doesn’t think you can help me. He doesn’t think there are enough car guys to matter. He has 15 more fans than I do and he…

Help me woop my Brother-inLaw!!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on January 31, 2010 at 08:18 PM
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So my brother-in-law and I are competing for world domination. He’s also an artist except that he paints everything BUT cars (and he still considers himself and artist…go figure). The…

Original canvas painting for sale CHEAP!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on January 31, 2010 at 07:59 PM
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tags: dodge, challenger, srt8, art, artists, paintings, lawrence larry gardinier
I’ve been stock piling many of my original paintings and I’ve decided that I just have too many to store. Besides, these should be hanging on a wall and enjoyed,…

Another new painting!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on January 11, 2010 at 08:36 PM
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tags: artists, larry gardinier, painitngs, artwork, ford, shelby, hertz, gt350, gt350h, mustang artists, mustang artist, mustang, 1965, art,
Here’s my latest painting for the Shelby American Automobile Club.

My latest painting

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posted in: artracer garage, news on January 05, 2010 at 04:51 PM
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tags: artists, larry gardinier, painitngs, artwork, ford, shelby, hertz, gt350, gt350h, mustang
Here’s my latest painting for the Shelby American Automobile Club.

Print prices are increasing so buy now!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 07, 2009 at 03:48 PM
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In an effort to simplify the accounting I’ve decided to change the pricing structure of the prints on my website. Soon all of my 12”x18” prints will be the same…

A worthy $300.00 christmas gift

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 04, 2009 at 08:13 AM
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tags: artracer, artist, larry gardinier, hollywood, hot rod, renderings, ford, hemi, muscle cars, pro touring
It is NOT too late to commission a painting for Christmas but you’d better hurry. I do traditional paintings of your favorite car/truck/motorcycle/person/pet, etc.. . You see, I’m an art…

$300.00 painting

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posted in: artracer garage, news on October 12, 2009 at 08:23 AM
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tags: artracer, art, renderings, larry gardinier, shelby, mustang, gt350, muscle cars, sports cars, ford
You ask “Can you really do the above painting for only $300.00?” I answer “If I have to.” The fact is- this economy sucks and I have to get whatever…

'32 Roadster concept drawing #1

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posted in: artracer garage, news on October 02, 2009 at 03:56 PM
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tags: art, artists, concept drawing, larry gardinier, artracer, 1932 ford, roadster, hot rod, custom
The customer asked and I delivered. That’s my job. During the building of this car there will be no doubt about the goal. This is when crucial decisions should be…

Be remembered after SEMA 09

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posted in: artracer garage, news on September 23, 2009 at 09:27 AM
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tags: sema, 2009, skateboards, house of kolor, art, artists, artracer, larry gardinier
If you’re planning a display at SEMA this year I’d like to help. Since I’m not in a position to get my own booth at SEMA I want to use…

Any HuibHead artists painting skateboards ?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on September 08, 2009 at 10:48 PM
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tags: sema 2009, art, artists, artist, house of kolor,
Are any other Hub head artists painting skateboard decks for the House of Kolor contest? If so, I’d like to hear from you. This is the first time I’m entering.…

Hot Rod Hearse concept drawing

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posted in: artracer garage, news on July 06, 2009 at 04:41 PM
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tags: concepts, renderings, hearse, cadillac, 1960 art, artists, larry gardinier, bryan fuller, fuller hot rods, hot rod, station wagon
Well here it is! It’s the first hot rod Hearse rendering along with the original photo for comparison. As you can see we’re adding another side window, a lower fin…

Be remembered after SEMA

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 30, 2009 at 05:21 PM
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tags: art, artists, dart, dodge, 1966, larry gardinier, artracer
If you’re planning a display at SEMA this year I’d like to help. Since I’m not in a position to get my own booth at SEMA I want to use…

Hot Rod Hearse

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 27, 2009 at 04:18 PM
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tags: art, artists, concepts, bryan fuller, larry gardinier, cadillac, hearse, pro touring, hot rod
Some say it can’t be done. How do you take something as cool as a 21.5 foot long 1960 Cadillac Hearse and make it cooler? Well, I’ve been commissioned by…

look good at SEMA

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 14, 2009 at 05:07 PM
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tags: sema, art, artists, artracer, larry gardinier
If you’re planning a display at SEMA this year I’d like to help. Since I’m not in a position to get my own booth at SEMA I want to use…

Really? Free shipping?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 11, 2009 at 08:12 PM
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tags: art, artists, prints, concept, renderings larry gardinier, artracer
As thanks for over 5000 hits in my Hub Garage I’m offering a special for Hub members. For rest of June 2009 I am offering free shipping to Hub members!…

Do you need SEMA help?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 09, 2009 at 07:49 PM
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tags: sema, art, artists, artracer, larry gardinier, chevy, big block, blower
If you’re planning a display at SEMA this year I’d like to help. Since I’m not in a position to get my own booth at SEMA I want to use…

Free Shipping from Artracer.com

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 08, 2009 at 08:53 AM
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tags: art, artists, prints, artracer, larry gardinier
Sales have been a little slow lately so I thought I would try something new. A sale! For rest of June 2009 I am offering free shipping to Hub members!…

SEMA help

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posted in: artracer garage, news on June 02, 2009 at 07:46 AM
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tags: sema art, artists, larry gardinier, artracercom
If you’re planning a display at SEMA this year I’d like to help. Since I’m not in a position to get my own booth at SEMA I want to use…

FIAT/CHRYSLER Merger from 40 years ago

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posted in: artracer garage, news on May 19, 2009 at 09:48 PM
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tags: fiat, artracer, larry gardinier, artist, art, renderings, gasser, altered, nitro, burnout, hot rod, drag race, vintage, nhra
Howdy Hubheads! It’s been a while since I’ve posted any new paintings (not that I haven’t been painting). So here’s a new one, I hope you like it. Especially Loud…

Title my Painting "Notorious Earthshaker"

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posted in: artracer garage, news on May 01, 2009 at 07:25 AM
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tags: art, artists, muscle cars, rad rides by troy, notorious, chevy, nove chevrolet
Finally! The prints have been done for a few weeks, the contest winner has recieved his print and now it’s finally in my webstore at www.artracer.com . The signed prints…

Title My Painting "Happy Place" prints

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posted in: artracer garage, news on April 17, 2009 at 06:09 PM
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tags: art, artists, larry gardinier, artracer, dragsters, nhra, vintage racing, hemi, hot rods
Finally! The prints have been done for a couple weeks, the contest winner has recieved his print and now it’s finally in my webstore at www.artracer.com . The signed prints…

Title My Painting "Hollywood Hemi"

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posted in: artracer garage, news on April 14, 2009 at 07:33 AM
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tags: art, artists, hollywood, hot rods, artracer, larry gardinier, hemi, hilbourn
Finally! The prints have been done for a couple weeks, the contest winner has recieved his print Troy Ladd at Hollywood Hot Rods has recieved his print and now it’s…

Goodbye Mr. Roth

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posted in: artracer garage, news on April 04, 2009 at 11:31 AM
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April 4th 2001 was the finish line for Mr. Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. A toast to a life fully lived! We miss you. Larry Gardinier

And then what should I paint?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on April 03, 2009 at 08:39 PM
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tags: art, artists, artracer, larry gardinier
I’m happy to report that business is pretty good right now. I just finished two commissions (ahead of schedule!) and I have another waiting. Busy is a fortunate place to…

Worlds Smallest Rolls Royce?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on April 01, 2009 at 05:09 PM
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tags: art, artists, artracer, larry gardinier
This is why I’m not creating more ‘Title My Painting” contests right now. Pictured above is a 2008 Rolls Royce hand painted on the face of a watch. Yeah, as…

Title My Painting #6 WINNER

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM
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In the season finale of Title My Painting#6 contest the winner turned out to be “Happy Place” brought to us by Jason Haskin Garage. It’s a title I never would…

Title My Painting #6 (last chance for while)

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 21, 2009 at 08:38 PM
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tags: artartists, dragster, wheelie, burnout, artracer, larry gardinier
This will be last Title my painting contest for a little while. I have other (paying) artwork going on that doesn’t lend itself well to prints. For one, I have…

Title my painting #5 Winner

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 21, 2009 at 08:20 PM
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tags: art, artists, 1932 ford, roadster, hollywood, hot rod, artracer, larry gardinier
Thank you all for the suggestions! You guys (and maybe girls) ROCK! The winner of the contest this time is PAAC Garage with Hollywood Hemi. It was the obvious choice,…

Title My Painting #5

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 19, 2009 at 08:23 PM
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tags: art, artists, 1932, ford, roadster, hemi, hot rod, hollywood hot rods, larry gardinier, artracer
OOOOH MAAAN! Another one. You know the drill. Enter as often as your creative little head can muster. Better yet, you should use your big head. Put on a black…

Title My Painting Winner!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 19, 2009 at 07:38 PM
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tags: art, artists, rad rides, chevrolet, nova, notorious, muscle cars, customs
Thanks to all that have helped out and to those of you that view the painting that don’t offer any suggestions- why not? You’re missing out on the fun, and…

Title My Painting #4

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 18, 2009 at 07:57 PM
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tags: art, artists, chevy, nova, notorious, chevrolet, hot rods, muscle cars, rad rides by troy, artracer, larry gardinier
Here we go again! You probably recognize this as Notorious built by Rad Rides by Troy. I suppose the obvious title should be “Notorious” but where’s the fun in that?…

Title my painting WINNERS!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 16, 2009 at 07:14 PM
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tags: art, artists, subaru, subablue reentry, wrx sti, artracer, larry gardinier
Dat’s right! There’s “S” on that title. I’ve decided to merge two suggestions offered by two different contestants. Team Killeen gave me “Subablue” and Fabber’s Garage gave me “Re-entry” so…

Name This Car 3 or Title my Painting 1

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 15, 2009 at 06:00 PM
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tags: art, artists, subaru, wrx, sti, artracer, larry gardinier
Ok so we don’t need to name the car and It’s time to start changing the name of the contest. What I want is a title for the painting. I’ve…

Name this car 2 winner!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 14, 2009 at 09:33 AM
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Holy Schnikies! What a great response! After careful consideration and 8 hours of sleep I’ve decided that “Eruption” will be the title. Congratulations goes out to Team Kileen (even though…

Name this car Part 2

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 13, 2009 at 03:42 PM
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tags: art, artists, chevy, camaro, chevrolet, muscle cars, drift, burn out
We all know this is the new Camaro. What I want is a title for the painting. I’ve never liked titling paintings. I have several paintings going to press in…

Name this car winner!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 12, 2009 at 08:28 PM
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tags: challenger, dodge, mopar, art, artists, hemi, srt8, artracer, larry gardinier
Hot Dog We Have a Wiener! And it’s me! You guys rock! Thanks for your help on this. I think the title is going to be “Tuxedo Sunrise”. None of…

name this car

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 11, 2009 at 09:19 PM
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tags: challenger, art, artists, dodge, muscle cars, mopars
Okay, we all know the car is a Challenger. What I want is a title for the painting. I’ve never liked titling paintings. I have several paintings going to press…

How to fix the automotive industry (really!)

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 11, 2009 at 07:51 AM
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Here’s a start to fixing the American auto industry. An eco-class of car that would be exempt from crash standards. Now before the safety crowd starts screaming, this class would…

Cheaper=Faster?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on March 04, 2009 at 10:22 AM
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tags: chevy nova, art, artists, rad rides by troy, notorious, muscle cars
Now there’s a headline not usually associated with cars. And it’s not here either, it’s about the painting not the car. The car is called Notorious and it was built…

SEMA 2009

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 26, 2009 at 07:29 AM
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tags: keep, moving, forward, sema, artists, art, big block, chevy, muscle cars, designers
For those of you that are going to have a booth or car at SEMA 2009 I would like to offer my talents and services for some portion of your…

New Camaro painting!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on February 03, 2009 at 09:43 PM
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tags: art, artists, chevy, camaro, chevrolet
Hola Amigos! Attached you will see my latest painting. If you saw me at the Atlanta World of Wheels you’ll recognize it as the piece I was working on while…

More Hubheads coming from Atlanta

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posted in: artracer garage, news on January 19, 2009 at 03:24 PM
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So I had a booth at World of Wheels this weekend selling prints and fielding the perpetual question- “If I bring you a picture of my car can paint it?”…

Visit me at the Atl. World of Wheels

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posted in: artracer garage, news on January 14, 2009 at 08:00 AM
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tags: art, artists, world of wheels, autorama, show, hot rod, drag race, choppers
This coming weekend I will be having a show at the Atlanta World of Wheels. It is extemely rare that I do a show and World of Wheels is the…

Santa will be here in about 6 seconds!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 24, 2008 at 07:53 AM
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tags: art, santa, dragster, merry, christmas, this, doesnt, fit, either, sigh
Remember to hug your loved ones and try not to yell so much. Life is short and Christmas is special. Best Wishes! Larry Gardinier www.artracer.com

old ohio gasser pictures?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 19, 2008 at 10:12 PM
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tags: art, artists, cuda, barracuda, gasser
So when I was growing in the early 80s up my dad had a 68 or 69 barracuda gasser. It destinctive because it was a fast back with a chopped…

Wanna build a Challenger?

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 09, 2008 at 02:37 PM
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tags: art, artists, dodge, challenger, mopar, hemi, rt, concept drawing
If you are considering customizing a new Challenger email me privately at gardinier@comcast.net I have a concept drawing I’d like to show you. It’s a pretty serious build. I know…

Shameless Sales Pitch!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on December 02, 2008 at 09:08 AM
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tags: art, artists, art whore, needs, to, feed, family
You Hub members have been so nice in the month or so since I found this site!Thanks to all of you and especially thanks to the Hub staff. I hugely…

Daytona Turkey Run Success!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on November 30, 2008 at 05:54 PM
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tags: art, artists, dodge, dart, mopar, daytona, turkey rod run, larry gardinier
We made it to and from the Turkey Run with no major drama! No truck, no trailer. Just us and a 42 year old Mopar. Dart Nouveau’s wipers gave up…

Brand Spankin new painting!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on November 22, 2008 at 09:04 PM
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tags: art, artist, dragster, hot rod, hemi, nitro methane, wheelie
I just finished this painting what do you think?

Daytona Bound!

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posted in: artracer garage, news on November 21, 2008 at 09:22 AM
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tags: daytona, turkey run, hot rod, car shows, mopar, dodge, dart, slant six
It’s time again to prepare for the Daytona Turkey Run. It’s a 6-7 hour drive so I’m crossing the T’s and dotting the lower case j’s. This year I’m finally…

Just back from SEMA

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posted in: artracer garage, news on November 07, 2008 at 09:35 PM
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I just got back from my first SEMA show. I had a custom painted 454 Chevy and 10 of my paintings on display at the Cone Engineering booth. I was…