This Sunday November 11, 2007 I get to ride in the Fairfield Veterans Day Parade 2007 with the Mercedes Pens. The event starts at 10 am and the parade around noon. This event is put on by the City of Fairfield and the National Association of Uniformed Services. As an immigrant to this country I am so thankfull to the men and women of the U.S armed services for their sacrifice for the freedoms that my family and I enjoy. It might sound dumb but that freedom allows me drive a car covered in pens. If you are thankfull for all that you have, next time you see a soldier or a veteran, tell them.
Pen Gourd Christmas Ornament
OK, I am pretty much covered the Mercedes pens so I decided to take a break in October. But I just couldn’t stay away from gluing pens all over an apple gourd. The town I live in has an annual Christmas tree lighting, with home made ornaments a week before thanksgiving. We decorated the gourd two weeks ago and I showed up with a bag-o-pens and a tube of silicone
NEW Art Car Blog by the PEN GUY
I have embarked on an ambitious project, to build the world largest Art Car Blog . Is that too much to ask? I love all things art cars and I believe we need more of them out there on the road. I created a link from my site where I have begun listing all the art cars I can find, my O.C.D. is kicking up again so its a good time to do it. I took a month off from working on the Mercedes Pens but I needed another filler project.
Drivin’ me wild
This is the most recent photo of the Mercedes Pens with additional pens glued to the sun roof. It was shot at the marina in Berkeley during Art Car Fest 2007 on the last day after How Berkeley can you be parade. Harrod Blank author of the Art cars book asked me if he could take pictures of the car.
Also there was a recent article by Len Vinas and Jessica Barcenilla posted in the Golden Gate Xpress called Drivin’ me wild. It features the Mercedes Pens, Darwin, Eartha Karr and the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Artcars at the recent Artcar fest 2007. Check the multimedia button on the upper right hand corner.
Art Car Fest 05 Video
Last weekend was Artcar Fest 2007 and have a bunch of pictures I want to put on my blog but I am too stinking tired to do anything, but I just found a video done about Art Car Fest 05. It was the first year that I had attended this event with hardly any pens on my car. Interviews with artists from all over the US & Canada who gathered for the 2005 ArtCar Fest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Featured cars: … all ยป Amethyst, Cinnabar Charm, Mercedes Pens, Temple Bus, Siren, Von Tiki, La Sirena, Science Is Golden, Periodic Table Car, Glass Quilt, Daisy Singer, Truck In Flux, Buick of Unconditional Love, Banana Bike, Sopa Box Derby Coffin and many others.
Ken Duffy took a bunch of photos of Artcar Fest 07 on his flikr account check it out.