Jack Pumphrey Blogs

My New Mexico Well, it's not all mine but sometimes I feel like I know the secret places to find the best views, food and photo opportunities that make it so. . A typical day's adventure to Ruidoso is a good example. Heading east on highway 70 o... 

RED RIGHT RETURNING, PART TWO We made it through The Hole In The Wall and slowed to trolling speed into Neah bay where after getting permission from the dockmaster, took on 210 gallons of fuel at the Makah Indian Reservation's marine docks. Topped... 

A LIFELONG LOVE AFFAIR So, here I am, 82 years old and still acting like an artist just starting out on his career. I get excited every time I get a new assignment to draw or paint an old car. Now, don’t get me wrong, when I say “Excited” ... 

Doing black & white art of cars has not only overwhelmed my studio but, has caused me to raise prices in order to control production. This is not a hobby but my main source of income. Sure, it's fun and I work at home but, if it wasn't, I would n... 

Wood or Metal Print Is that a question? What do you mean, wood or metal print? . It's O K to think "Paper" when your're contemplating a print but have you ever considered something else instead of paper? . Now, you can order prints on just... 

With summer almost over and vacations over except for the billions of cell phone shots, makes me wonder how many found their island in time? . Was it one of those little green-treed islands of the American San Juan�s with no name? The one you �... 

Word Meanings P.O.S.H, . smart, stylish, fancy, high-class, fashionable, chic, luxurious, luxury, deluxe, exclusive, opulent, lavish, grand, showy, upscale, upmarket. . 1915-20; of obscure origin; compare posh a dandy (recorded as British s... 

Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs sometime between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere. In southern New Mexico, car sho... 

Here are a few of the projects we recently shipped; a nice mix of watercolor art, pen & ink and photography. They just happen to be mostly little British Cars. > The Austin-Healey Sprite, introduced for 1959, continued the collaboration between... 

Consequence of one�s actions. Jimmy, the last mechanic who touched my car after a recent oil change was having a bad day. �.. His girlfriend, Betty Jean, over cooked his fried baloney and used old, crusty mustard on his moldy sandwich which... 

Sixty one years ago, going around topless without a driving permit would get you a stiff fine, maybe even a day or a night in jail. �.Now-a-days you don�t see this activity going on, at least not on any streets or lanes near our house. �..I rem... 

The Chevrolet Corvette �Blue Flame� inline 6 was Chevrolet's sole engine from 1929, when it replaced their first 4-cylinder engine, the 171-cubic-inch four, through 1954, and was the base engine for the 1954, 1st generation Corvette. In 1955 they add... 

Old Pick-up trucks & dogs I don�t know what it is about old pickups and dogs, just good buddies, I suppose. An order came in a few days ago from a customer in Georgia sayin�, Will ya draw my old pick up with my god buddy �Boy� sittin in �er ? ��... 

A GIFT FOR JIM ..... My neighbor, Jim Kilcrease, walks his chow-mix �Woofy� a couple of times a day making a short up & down loop of our quiet little street called San Acacio, here in the old country club area of Las Cruces, New Mexico. ...... 

NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT TEE SHIRTS Tee�s in multiple colors Tee�s in regular sizes up to XXL Tee Shirts in wide variety of styles Regular � Premium � Women�s � V-Neck � Slim fit � Heather�s (Whatever that is) Long Sleeve � T... 

I thought I knew the answer to that burning question but, I'm finding out it's far more complicated. For example; last year was a good year for my sales. Not only with print sales through Fine Art America but also original, new commissions from "... 

It was a dark, rainy, slick and stormy night and I�m on my way to the SF international Airport to pick up my red headed girlfriend, Paula, a TWA Stewardess. I was in a hurry; we hadn�t seen each other in about a week. So, I was really getti... 

One invention to surface during this time would become a fixture on millions of cars between 1913 and the early 1930�s. It came about due to the need of internal combustion engines to maintain a coolant water temperature of just below 212 degrees Fah... 

MIXED BAG OF ART What does a 1950 Buick Special Convertible, a Snowy White Yellow Eyed Owl, a 1930 Cadillac V-16 Dual Cowl Phaeton and a poster with 9 Porsche Sports cars all have in common? Why, just a typical working weekend for this a... 

It�s been an active and diversified summer of interesting assignments. We produced a couple of versions of a 1953 Buick Special Estate Wagon for a customer from New York. Then, the same customer commissioned a portrait of his Cessna 310 twin-... 

BLACK and WHITE FINE ART Pen and ink drawing is one of the most visually varied art practices in history. Over the centuries, ink drawing has been used in many different types of art, from calligraphy to tattooing to art sketches and formal drawin... 

Our new �Customer of the Month� feature, inaugurating with this 45th issue of Jack�s FAA Newsletter, could be treading on dangerous grounds. �How come you didn�t pick us?� could be on the minds of a lot of our other great customers. �What�s yo... 

What is it about our love affair with cars? Not just here in the US, but world-wide. Hells fire, we even follow the tracks of little red rover on Mars. Is that out of this world or, what? Not that I've been in like & love with cars ever si... 

Happy New Year! Automotive posters are a cool way to share your passions with your friends. Passions for rolling works of art can be a little hard to explain but, we car people know. The car posters I�m doing incorporate my watercolor art ... 

As most of you already know, the art & photography I post to our Fine Arts America site comes from my background in the printing and graphics arts industry. Over the years I have had the benefit of hands on experience of learning the ins & out... 

First Look Las Cruces and 1931 Cord L 29 After a long weekend in Tucson one of the vistas we look forward to seeing is the wide expansive view of Las Cruces, the city of crosses from the west Mesa overlooking the Mesilla Valley. It�s a visual trea... 

GREETING CARDS It is getting to the time of year when we start to send out greeting, seasonal and holiday cards. It�s almost a lost form of social communicating. It used to be one of the supreme forms� of a compliment; Mailing a hand written n... 

NEW ART ~ OLD ADVERTISING Here�s something that may interest those of you who like or collect older, classis cars. I have hundreds of classic cars in my inventory of car paintings & illustrations. Many of them match the same old car illustra... 

Posters are art, too Do you know the difference between an open edition fine art print and an art poster? An open edition fine art print is not identified on the print; anywhere. An open edition fine art print that�s identified with a title is... 

It was a dark, rainy, slick and stormy night on my way to the SF international Airport to pick up my red headed girlfriend, Paula, a TWA Stew. I was in a hurry; we hadn�t seen each other in about a week. So, I was really getting it on, do... 

It's been between 95 and 105 for 41 days straight here in Las Cruces. That's O k if you're a lizard or a sun fanatic but for this old artist, it means being cooped up inside the house and studio. Hell, might as well be winter outside, come to think a... 

I remember simpler times when working on your car was easy; no special tools, just a spark plug wrench and a dry-off rag. The Ford flat head was the easist to "work" on. Those were simple times, oh, how I long for them now. I hardly know what's under... 

The Hackberry store in northern Arizona has several iconic images that are part of the total picture. The Flying Pegasus sign and the red Corvette. When photographing this historic treasure those two items much be part of the picture. When using the ... 

I am trying something new..........well, new to me, that is, combining pen & ink art with a separate watercolor image. The contrast and effect is stunning. At lease I think so. I recently posted about 9 images that have this "dual-medium" look. Let m... 

Pen and ink art is understated as an art form because it looks so simple & easy......like doodling? Some uneducated buyers think pen & ink art should be cheaper to buy but, they are simply uninformed. Making shadows and dimension o...