14 DAY TRIAL // Ian Cook is one passionate artist, his love of cars not only made him specialize in painting automobiles but also made him use remote-controlled cars instead of paint brushes.
The idea of using toy cars instead of brushes came in 2006 when his ex-girlfriend bought him a radio controlled Lightning McQueen red car as a Christmas gift. The remote controlled car was quite special and his girlfriend from the time told him to take care of the gift by keeping it away from his studio and the paint, according to Huffington Post.
When Ian heard that, he knew that using the car in his studio was in fact a brilliant idea. He slowly started replacing the paint brushes with remote controlled cars and the moment, the passionate artist has an amazing collection of 150 remote controlled car-brushes.
Even if they broke up, Ian believes his ex-girlfriend had a big influence on him, in a way fueling his passion. His love for cars started when he was a kid, and at 16 years old he went into the auto industry shadowing engineers and car designers. It turned out that he had no interest in how auto engineering works, but in fact he liked the visual part of it all, the way cars look.
After realizing that the career he wanted so much was not as he imagined it to be, he turned his attention towards paintings. To make things better, Cook innovated his paintings by using remote controlled cars of different sizes and scales, and now Cook uses only the toy cars or parts of them in his art, making his paintings unique.
Besides his great artwork, Ian Cook also enjoys making a show from every painting he creates. He targets high-profile events rather than galleries because he enjoys having people watch his art being made. For every major automobile brand he works, Ian uses the same brand for his remote controlled car-brushes.
