RUSH COLE FINE ART
~Painting the richness of Life!~
"BACK IN BLACK"
The Fine Art of a Fine Car
Decades into my career as a fine artist, I found myself meandering around the plaza in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico one fine blue-and-gold October morning. Camera in hand, I was deliriously snapping away, feeling totally joyful to be surrounded by
vintage Porsche automobiles from all over the country. They'd converged there
for a weekend show and the atmosphere was festive and lively.
Personally unfamiliar with the intricacies of particular models or variations, all I knew was that simply being able to look at those sleek automotive forms felt like a gift to me. Right then and there, I decided that someday I'd create a series of paintings
that highlight select portions of those glorious machines;
segments that in their close-up part(s) convey to the viewer
so much about the whole.
"BACK IN BLACK", the title of this painting, is also the name of a well-known rock song
by the band, AC/DC, which debuted in 1980. Even though I'd not heard it for years, it began playing in my mind as I painted this canvas. Magically enough, a random video
of Golden Tempo, the 2026 winner of both the Kentucky Derby and the
Belmont Stakes, also popped up right then, on my Facebook news feed,
with the same tune playing.
In this Year of the Horse, be it four-legged or four-wheeled, power is power,
whether at the Indianapolis 500, or a Triple Crown horse race.
Imagine parking this one-of-a-kind beauty on a wall where you can see it as often as you please. Where you're able to simply sit and stare at it for no reason at all, other than that it gives you a curious kind of joy to do so.
"BACK IN BLACK"
36" x 36" x 1.25", acrylic/canvas, gallery-wrapped
Copyright Rush Cole
$24,900
In addition to unveiling this
original painting, a strictly
Limited Edition Giclee
of "BACK IN BLACK",
on both
Paper and Canvas,
is now available
for purchase.
"BACK IN BLACK"...without twitching a single cylinder, it rocks.
"BACK IN BLACK"... tell me you're not staring at this artwork and envisioning
it on your wall.
When they're gone, they're gone.
(Photo(s) of rooms for size context only.)
"BACK in BLACK"
36" x 36", Limited Edition Giclee on Paper
Unframed
(Photo for size context only.)
