"Circus Blues " Pat Foster vs. Jungle Jim.... Drag Racing Art

Limited-Edition Print of 500 (13x19) Signed and numbered by the Artist. For me , there are two basic  approaches to painting a subject, whatever that subject may be,,,a portrait, or a landscape...The fact that I am illustrating specific real cars, for my book, I frequently use the "portrait" approach to a subject...That is,,, in a portrait, the "background" only serves to enhance the subject,,, whereas in a "landscape," every portion of the painting has equal value. In fact there is no "Background" in a landscape, since all the things in the image, are the subject... So this is my version of a landscape...Some artists like to paint "Sunsets" over water, or mountains, or some other topographic scene. I just happen to like to paint "Sunsets" over a good burnout...      Then again, some paintings just turnout better then others...of coarse it helps, if you start with  great photographic references, as I was able to with this awesome Leslie Lovett