Neil Martin
Since an early age I've had an interest in cars, I fondly remember our family cars, the Austin 1100, the Austin Maxi, the Vauxhall Cavalier Mark 1; to name but a few, all great cars if you ignored the rust!
Mini's have always been a favourite car of mine and my 1985 Austin Mini Mayfair inspired me to combine my passion for cars with my passion for painting. I started painting from photographs that I took at Mini shows and then I had some paintings featured in "MiniWorld" magazine and this resulted in a number of commission pieces.
Since then I have also painted other makes of car and I have recently produced a series of paintings of "Morgan" sports cars. These paintings resulted in a relationship with Morgan dealer "Richard Thorne Classic Cars", where my paintings were exhibited in their showroom amongst some beautiful cars.
I have also exhibited at The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, as part of the Morgan Centenary celebrations in July 2009, and had an article entitled "An Artist's Impression" published in "The Morgan World" magazine.
Finally, I have exhibited at the Morgan Day at Brooklands, and at the Mini Day there, and had one of my paintings (now sold) signed by Emerson Fittipaldi!
