Drawn to Speed : The Automotive Art of John Lander

For automotive artist John Lander, cars are more than just transportation: ""Some are beautiful examples of rolling sculpture. I try to do more than just draw pretty pictures of cars; I include interesting people, backgrounds, and try to set a mood or tell a story."" The work of years, this collection of Lander's vintage car art includes more than 100 color illustrations with a short description, including comments by the artist, for each picture Foreword Introduction CHAPTER 1 The Racing Cars “LM 20” “Lucy Blue” “George & Lil” “R-1” “Flying Shingle” “Ferrari with Iguana on the Rocks” “Dick Lyons Special” “Milwaukee Marvel” “Formula for Success” CHAPTER 2 The French Connection “High Maintenance” “Red Pacific Sunset Red Atlantic Coupe” “Carlos Background” “Sidecar” “Staggerwing Fantasy” “Just Imagine” CHAPTER 3 The Squire Obsession “DMP 219” “UD 6784” “JB 5568” “COA 420” “CLO 5” “JB 8776” “CXL 353” “1st Squire of Zethrin” “2nd Zethrin Long Chassis” CHAPTER 4 California Dreaming “32 Highboy” “Mirage on Sunset” “Hollywood Speedster” “What If” “Arriving in Style” CHAPTER 5 American Iron “Derham Cadillac” “57 Bel Air” “Guns, Girls & Bootleg Booze” “Custom Cadillac” CHAPTER 6 Heroes and Their Cars “Ralph at Zumbach’s” “Ken” “Garroway’s Jag” “Westhampton ’66” “Miles and Friend” “Smokey and the Bandito” CHAPTER 7 Bugatti Girl Series “Beauty and the Bugatti” “Bugatti Girl II” “Bugatti Girl III” “Bugatti Girl IV” “Bugatti Girl V” CHAPTER 8 Others “Summer Thrill” “River Run” “Double Buehrig on the Rocks” “Phantom by Moonlight” “At 10/10s” “Just Plane Bored” “Doc’s Healey” “L1 Allard” “But Officer” “MG Autumn” “Road Test Report” “Targa Jamaica” CHAPTER 9 Strictly Black and White “LM-22” “DB4 GT” “What, No Sleigh?” “Built to Scale” “Leonidis” “Cadillac Allard” CHAPTER 10 Preliminary Drawings Just Imagine Ken Ralph at Zumbach’s Summer Thrill 1st Squire of Zethrin West Hampton 66 Custom Cadillac Beauty and the Bugatti Guns, Girls and Bootleg Booze Road Test Report French Curves An Evening at Ciro’s Phantom by Moonlight Gullwing CHAPTER 11 Building a Picture CHAPTER 12 My Cars The Yellow TC and Other Tales List of Names and Terms "For automotive artist John Lander, cars as more than just transportation. The work of years, this collection of Lander's vintage car art includes over 100 color illustrations with a short description, including comments by the artists, for each picture. Foreword by Larry Crane, former art director for Automobile magazine"--Provided by publisher.