Have you heard of Pop Bang Colour and the incredible artist behind the work, Ian Cook?
If you haven’t heard of him before now then you are in for a surprise when you see his artwork and realise that all of his paintings are created using toy car wheels, large tyres and remote controlled cars. He is really taking art into the modern world and creating paintings that are so fantastic that you wouldn’t believe that he never even uses a paintbrush. Being trained in fine art at university, he has always had a passion for art and grew up as a car enthusiast, an inspiration and influence of his was his uncle who worked in the car industry all his life.
It wasn’t until his ex-ex girlfriend gave him a radio controlled lightening Mcqueen from the film cars, the red “95” one, for his Christmas present that he found a unique skill and started actually painting with toy cars. In his own words “I did colour wheels and abstract pieces and then moved on to images which included logos, portraits and cars…. cars with cars seemed the most effective.”