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1965 - 1966 Big-Block Corvette Sting Ray Art Print
From World Renown Automotive Artist, Dana Forrester
"Just A Little Trim"
From 1975 to 1964 the hot ticket for the Corvette was the optional fuel-injected small-block Chevy engine. As early as 1962 Chevrolet was thinking about big-block engines for their under-powered NASCAR Impalas. First there was the all-new "Mystery Motor" followed by the Mark IV big-block engine. The decision was made to introduce the new engine in most of the '65 model Chevys - Corvette included.
What was clearly obvious was that it was MUCH easier and cheaper to make power with cubic-inches, rather than fuel-injection. GM had a rule then that they would not sell cars with engines over 400-cubic-inches. The first big-block Corvette was available in '65 as a 396. GM got over the self-imposed engine rule in '66 and let the new engine go out the door as it was intended - a full 427 cubic-inches. Aside from very minor interior trim, it is nearly impossible to tell a '65 Corvette roadster from a '66 roadster. Both the 396 and the 427 engines had solid-lifters, a big carb, and were rated at 425-horsepower.
So 1965 was the end of the line for the Rochester mechanical fuel-injection system and the beginning of a new era of Corvette performance - the era of the big-blocks. Zora Arkus Duntov sardonicly said that the enlargement of the big block from 396 to 427 cubic-inches was to save weight in the engine. After all, 31 cubic inches of cast iron is a substantial weight savings. RIGHT Zora!
About the Print
This lithograph art print measures 11" x 17".
Printed on Somerset, acid-free paper. Signed & numbered by the artist in a series of 1000.
What is "giclee"?
Giclee (pronounced Gee’clay) is a French term meaning to spray or squirt, which is how an inkjet printer works. However, it is not the same as a standard desktop inkjet printer.
Giclee printers use special light-fast inks, which, if kept out of the sun, will remain true for up to 25 years. The image has all the tonalities and hues of the original painting. A delightful gift for the home or office of that hard to buy for Corvette person in your life!
About the Packing & Shipping Dana packs all of his own prints in a flat cardboard box.
Packages are sent via USPS Priority Mail.
We will ship world-wide, but rates are based on your location.
For outside the U.S. shipping, e-mail us for a shipping quote. About the Artist
Dana began painting Corvettes about 1989, two years after buying the 1966 Sting Ray Coupe he had wanted since childhood. He had always loved Corvettes in general, but the lines of the Sting Ray Coupe made the car seem like sculpture as well as a sports car.
Dana's first Corvette paintings were of his own car and meant only for his own pleasure. He has no intent of showing them publicly. The series of paintings he was known for nationwide and with which he made his livelihood were of the brick wall signs often featured behind Dana's cars.
A fellow club member encouraged Dana to show some of his Corvette paintings which were so well received that in 1990 he published his first limited edition series of a 1960 red and white Corvette in front of a brick Chevrolet dealership.
That image sold so well that Dana decided to spend about half his painting time with the Corvette image and half with the regular brick images. Now, almost all of Dana's painting time is dedicated to the automotive subject.
Because each painting takes so long to complete, Dana can only create a small number of original watercolors each year. Most originals become limited edition prints, except for the custom orders that Dana creates for private clients.
Dana Forrester is a native of Kirksville in northeast Missouri and graduated from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State) in 1969 with a BSE in Art Education. After spending time as an illustrator in the U.S. Army, Dana moved to Independence, Missouri, to teach advanced high school art, where he simultaneously pursued both his teaching and painting careers.
While searching for a subject that would combine a design-oriented composition as well as allow him to use his drawing and painting skills in an extremely detailed technique, he developed the brick wall series that has become the centerpiece of his national reputation. He has won many awards in regional and national exhibitions and art festivals, was elected into membership in the prestigious American Watercolor Society in 1981,and is one of the few painters to become a member of both the American and the National Watercolor Societies.
Dana envisions his work as a study in realism with abstract composition, not as a study of a nostalgic subject. He continues to explore the theme of brick buildings and advertising art, plate glass window reflections, neon signs, commercial storefronts, and collector automobiles. Dana uses photographs as a formulative beginning for many of his paintings, preferring to delete some items from a photo and add others to enhance the painting. He believes photography should serve only as a reference for authenticity of detail and not as a crutch to limit an artist's creativity. His paintings are included in many private and corporate collections worldwide. His work has been published in such magazines as:
American Artist, US Art, Signs of the Times, Down Memory Lane, Corvette Fever, Vette, Shark Quarterly, Vette Vues, Super Chevy, Old Cars Weekly, Mustang Monthly, Mustang Illustrated, All Chevy Magazine, and the Robb Report
Dana shows his wonderful art and prints at most major Corvette shows through out the year.
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Item location: Independence, Missouri, United States
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