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1st & 2nd August 2026
LEAMINGTON SPA
10am-6pm
Neil Adcock
Website:
instergram.com@neil_adcock_0pen_throttle_art
Facebook@neil_adcock_open_throttle_art
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Biography
What is the Artists Mission and Vision for their work
My artistic mission is to create high quality, original artwork with automotive, aviation, maritime and historic rail themes, reflecting the aerodynamic aesthetic of the vehicle designs and their interaction with their environment. With the aim of bringing delight to owners, devotees, and enthusiasts alike. My vision is to accurately portray in paint the form, detail, and artistry of vehicle designs, and where composition allows, impart a sensation of speed into the picture. My artwork has been described by some as “engineering artistry”.
inspiration
What is the artists inspiration
There are a number of elements that inspire me to create work with the subject matter I choose and in the manner which I portray them. Much of my work has been commissioned by the owners of classic cars and motorcycles. While my primary inspiration is representing the artistry of their treasured vehicles in paint. I also enjoy sharing experiences and stories with the owners, learning about the features that make their vehicle unique to them and then expressing that essence of the vehicles` individual qualities in the artwork.
My other main inspirations as an artist are creating speed and movement in my work. After all, the vehicles I paint share the primary purpose of movement , and for many of those subject vehicle’s, movements at speed. It gives me a real feeling of achievement to impart that sense of speed by blurring and distorting elements of the composition while still retaining the detail necessary to maintain the identity of the individual vehicle. It’s a balancing act I take great pleasure in performing.
medium
Tell us about the Artist’s medium and how they use this
I create the majority of my work with oil paints on canvas. With oil paint I find that the slow drying time gives me a great opportunity to manipulate and move the paint within the artwork, achieving greater depth of texture, interaction of the subject with light and portray the reflections often present on the high gloss bodies of the subject vehicles.
I work exclusively on fine linen canvases as the fine weave gives an excellent level of clarity for the detail that I try and capture in my work.
When sketching venues preclude the use of wet media, I use colour fast, high pigment-coloured pencils on pastel mat paper. These two media elements combine to make the resulting levels of sketches of a quality that they can be professionally mounted and offered for sale alongside oil paint originals.
All my work is digitally scanned, then fine quality giclee prints can be created and displayed in professionally cut mounts, these are then offered for sale.