STU N N E R S FROM STU DE BAKE R
2017 Stellar Scholars
Artistic Achievement Award
pastiche | pa'stëSH pästëSH | noun
An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another
work, artist, or period. An artistic work consisting of a
medley of pieces taken from various sources.
verb [ with obj. ]
imitate the style of (an artist or work): Gauguin took
himself to a Pacific island and pastiched the primitive art
he found there.
C
AR TRENDS is a “pastiche” that
respectfully parodies a famous Motor
Trend issue from July 1962 that carried
the magazine’s first road tests of Studebaker’s trend-setting sports coupe.
Dated November 1963, CARTRENDS depicts
the pride of the Studebaker fleet the month before
production was halted on each—December 20th for
the GT Hawk, the 26th for the Avanti. The fanciful
work carries on the highly acclaimed series of
Avanti paintings by the late Don Wieland.
Its artist, Tony Randazzo, was a longtime friend
and studio associate of Mr. Wieland and is a
masterful automotive portraitist in his own right.
For the first time, he has captured the muchimitated “Coke bottle” rear view of the car and has
given it a running mate: the classic Brooks Stevens
re-generation of the 1953 Raymond Loewy/Robert
Bourke Starliner.
About the artist:
Tony Randazzo attended the Center for Creative
Studies College of Art and Design in Detroit majoring
in Industrial Design with a minor in Graphic Communications. As Detroit is a hub of automotive design and
illustration, the Center for Creative Studies had some of
the nation's leading artists and designers as instructors.
Their vision, style and technique have influenced both
automotive design and advertising illustration across the
country. With their inspiration Randazzo soon embraced
the illustrative part of Industrial Design.
Randazzo was hired by an advertising illustration
studio that was a leading force in automotive advertising,
design and illustration with affiliates in Toronto, New
York and Los Angeles. This association led to his involvement in many automotive projects ranging from billboards, catalogues and national ads.
As an artist Randazzo finds there are more possibilities
and less boundaries in this
digital age. The computer
screen is the new empty
canvas in which you are
free to create.
Website: www.behance.net/tonyrandazzo