Original artwork description:

This piece of motorsport artwork was painted as an homage to the McLaren GTR F1 Longtail and the valiant battles that took place at the Le Mans 24 races.

The McLaren F1 GTR Longtail is a racing variant of the McLaren F1 sports car first produced in 1995 for grand touring style racing, such as the British GT Championship and Le Mans. It was powered by the naturally aspirated BMW S70/2 V12 engine and is most famous for its overall victory at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans where it won against faster purpose-built prototypes in very wet conditions. The F1 GTR raced internationally until 2005 when the final race chassis was retired.

About the artist
Martin Allen is a London based artist. Martin came to oil painting through a circuitous route, having drawn for most of his life and being largely self-taught he was eventually re-introduced to oil painting as a preferred medium to create his varied and diverse work. The methods he uses to paint are classic ones, using layered paint applications rounded off by oil glazes. These create, add depth and harmonise colours. He has shown solo numerous times at Goodwood, The Affordable Art Fair and others, been a finalist at the ‘London art Biennale 2019’, alongside various commissions including work for the BP Shipping collection.

Materials used:

Oil on canvas

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