Mercedes 300SL 'Gullwing'

300sl 17.07.21 forum
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Absolutely stunning Malcolm, your standard of work is amazing .

Fabulous commission, bet they were delighted as you should be too, first class!

Exceptional work Malcolm!

Thanks everyone for your very kind comments. All are really appreciated and glad you like it.

Superb. Really like the shine to the paintwork and detail. Look forward to seeing the others idc.

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17/07/2021
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Supersized painting (well it is for me) of this car. It measures 40 x 28cms and that's just the painted bit!!! First of 5 pictures commissioned by an Automotive gallery in Dubai. Gone back to my long time medium of Acrylic (W&N) for this one. Many hours on this one over the last 3 weeks to get all the detail just right, such as tyres, the tread pattern, the radiator grille etc. Let's hope they like the end result. Saunders Waterford HP paper used (A2 size paper) Dalon D77 '00' brush used.

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Malcolm Davies GRA

I studied art at school in the early 1970's and my early paintings were all aircraft based. As my personal interests changed so did my artwork, and I moved into motor cycles and cars. My first car based commission in 1978 was for a Jensen CV8. In the years since then my artwork has goneā€¦

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