Projects
An awesome day just spent at Silverstone for the @grandprixtrust reunion. And a reunion proper it was, being the first one in three years due to the obvious. The trust provides support where needed for the unsung heroes of F1. And an opportunity for us young uns *cough* to learn from the old guard. Amazing stories from the quietest of gentlemen… such as from Hunt and Fittipaldi’s engineers from the 70’s, and the famous wheel width issue that almost cost Hunt the 76 title. It wasn’t a width issue as such, only the toe in used for that Spanish GP pushed it outside the limits!
No less than 11 past F1 drivers in attendance, great to catch up with @martinbrundlef1 @croftyf1 @david_brabham @petercrolla again.
My job was just to make the cavernous Silverstone Wing look a little more interesting.
Bull on a farm.
Cat liked it (innuendo too obvious..). Sheep didn’t care. Wilkinson the Gloucester bull have it a good eye ball. Under tray remained intact #win
A year in the planning with @steverussellstudios to push those boundaries just that little further for the ultimate realism in bronze form.
Thanks again for your hospitality @everess_farm 🙌
#aranciopoz
Well… today was another worlds first with @steverussellstudios … successfully 3D capturing a live bull with their 200 camera rig!
What a perfectly gorgeous animal Wilkinson the Gloucester bull was too, calm, inquisitive, predictable but the right amount of feistiness to strike ‘the’ pose.
This is the last you will see of this project until around the turn of the year when in physical form. Zero prizes for guessing what I’m up to!
Huge thanks to Cliff @everess_farm for the trust and guidance.
There’s no such thing as a crazy idea @lamborghini !
It’s not all party party party in Miami. Sometimes I briefly paint at a party… 🤪🙌
It’s game day @theconcoursclub … let’s doooo this!
#NotAWatchAd
It seems that golf stars have the core strength to pull off ‘the’ pose, hey @joaco_niemann 🤪🙌
Hey @f1mia @theconcoursclub , we ready! 🙌
Beautiful location, fantastic setup, perfect weather. It’s gonna be a huge weekend!
Gooooooood morning Miami!
Pre breakfast jet lag induced gym nailed, now let’s get involved. Let’s doooo this @theconcoursclub @f1mia 💥
Bored at 40,000 ft… who let that horse in here!?
#AR
Happy Star Wars day!
My earliest passion and memories, even before F1. Watching ‘A New Hope’ endlessly on repeat, ‘Empire Strikes Back’ for my 10th birthday, and burying my X-Wing that I’d saved my 50p a week pocket money for in the garden.
Just a selection of the many related paintings over the years… and there will for sure be more to come. Maybe even something in bronze 🤔
28 years ago today but never forgotten.
What a driver. What a man. What a legacy.
Ayrton’s work is continued by his family and @institutoayrtonsenna in São Paulo, to educate the children of Brazil.
#sennasempre
Turning a lean-to into an art gallery at the iconic Shelsley Walsh hillclimb. And what a stunning day it is too!
Thanks for the invite @pistondistillery 🙌💥
Thinking of Roland Ratzenberger, 28 years ago today, on the weekend that changed motorsport forever. Hanging next to an Austrian flag, as Ayrton had stashed in his car too to the following day.
Rest in peace.
I’m with this original oil painting today at one of the icons of British Motorsport, Shelsley Walsh hill climb. Setting up yesterday was like stepping back to my childhood with my dad… nothing there has changed! See you there @pistondistillery @gumball3000 @mrjww @bloomfineartgb
New portrait drop!
As long time followers will have been expecting, I always unveil a new Senna artwork around this time of year, and here is this years edition, partly to accompany my bronze of last year - 1985 Ayrton.
I’ll be showing this original oil painting with a fair sized collection I’ve pulled together for Shelsley Walsh this Saturday with @pistondistillery and @gumball3000 . Including my 4x3ft Roland Ratzenberger portrait too, with the event coincidentally being 28 years to the day. Looking forward to the next in a long line of crazy weekends!
Link in @pistondistillery bio for tickets by the way.
Let’s doooo this.
Upgrades!
When knackered old original boots are so much better than even the good replicas I had before. Always pushing to recreate as accurately as possible! McLaren unfortunately don’t have many boots in their archives.
Did you know that Senna tested a @lamborghini F1 engine for McLaren in 1993? What could have happened if that had worked out!
My 1/4 scale bronze of 1985 Ayrton got a ride in the Huracan STO this weekend to my gallery show. What’s the car like? Predictably incredible! And a very interesting comparison with my ‘standard’ Huracan Evo. Everything just 5% amped, slightly stiffer and more responsive. Race mode in the Evo is similar feel to the STO in default. Engine is ostensibly the same but weirdly quieter when cruising, shoutier over 5k rpm. Biggest difference between them is the handling with much more downforce, the grip and balance of the STO is mind blowing. Have to be honest though… on the public roads, completely pointless. Any modern supercars capabilities are so far above what you can use on the roads anyway, the STO just sets that bar even higher. I would dearly love one of these as a track car… however that’s a different earnings bracket from where I’m at, to be able to afford to spank one of these properly 🤪 it’s a stunning thing - but now after four days in the STO I’m happy I bought an Evo instead.
Thanks again to @lamborghini_birmingham for the loan! 🙌
Image dump from todays AWESOME show at @bloomfineartgb , thanks so much everyone for an awesome day! Great to meet so many of you for the first time. Still buzzing! Thanks of course to the awesome team at Bloom, and at @wishbonepublishing meaning all I had to do was turn up and talk. The rest of the years calendar had a lot of living up to do!
That’s a bit more like it…. Privileged to get to test a @lamborghini STO for the weekend. First impressions… it’s a bit lively! 😍
Spider man vibes?
Many thanks @lamborghini_birmingham @synnottc_lamborghini 🙌
I’ll be taking it to the show tomorrow at @bloomfineartgb …. See ya there team!
Happy 96th Birthday to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II!
And unveiling a new concept to celebrate, that is hitting gallery listings tomorrow! A flip lenticular of two of my Queen artworks together, using the lenticular to alternate between my Queen of Neon and Monotone Queen stamps! Love how she’s come out.
Contact your usual Oz stockist for info, or email studio@pauloz.co.uk .
Every mention of Imola still brings me immediately back to the same thing… that tragic weekend the world lost Ratzenberger and Senna, especially with that anniversary being only one week away too. I’m not religious in the slightest, but…. You know.
Selecting the ‘props’ for my gallery show launch with @bloomfineartgb this Saturday, to match the artwork on show. What do you reckon… Lewis ‘08 and ‘20 title winners? Or Senna ‘91 and Lewis’ first Senna tribute in ‘11?