Before I started doing Motor Sports Logo Art..
I spent 20 years making furniture and folk art. Always hand made beginning to end by me alone, and always painted.

Furniture made by immigrants to the US and Canada 1850 to 1950 to include:
Quebecois, Gustavian, Ukrainian, Mennonite, Hutterite, Russian, Swedish, Shaker, Doukhobor, Spanish Revival, and Monterey .
That's is where I learned about paint and about joinery. Entirely self taught.
My work is in museums in Japan, Belgium, London, Hamptons in New York, Atlanta, etc...
I did a Folk Art and Furniture show in Chicago for many years, had 24 accounts around the US and quit cold turkey..just as I quit 25 years in the car biz to do furniture.

My logo art.. 21 countries.. several museums, race tracks (Laguna Seca), private collections ..etc
not a point of brag.. it is a point of never giving up and never accepting less than your best, never accept your best as "the" best.. no compromises. Keep going.. there is always another level..though not readily seen or appreciated by others...that doesn't matter.

I make or blend most of my paint, I hand draw with a Pentel mechanical pencil and hand paint with small artist brushes.. no computers, no silk screening, no tricks. Just paint and time. One at a time.

This was also my philosophy when I started making accordeon components and gearing up to make boxes when the .. well.. I hit a wall and spent a little time regrouping. Perhaps one day I'll get back to that.. no compromises, no butt joints. Meantime, I still experiment and draw and mess about but not with a production intent.

BTW I have the greatest admiration for the originals, the creators, the innovators, those who may be slightly off the main path. Tradition is great and tradition evolves...but losing sight, or not giving credit, or taking credit for someone elses work. .. bad form.