The 1970 Le Mans Race

I have always liked creating paintings of historic motorsports scenes, either to present a different angle or to try to capture the dramatic value of the subject matter. I never liked to simply paint “a photo” in my work because I’ve always thought that if you have the photo there’s really no need for an identical painting.

The 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours was exceptional in many ways and my painting has departed from the creation of a purely historic and accurate image to depicting an imaginary scene showing the main protagonists of the event all together.