Home Departments UK Art Scene Sketches Contours Detours About AFAS Printed Back Issues 16th Amelia Show St John's Concours Maher Profile Hale Revisit UK Art Scene Select Issue Volume 2, Number 1 March 2011   IN THIS ISSUE   SIX months after the premiere digital issue of the new afasJournal.com ...the online automotive themed art magazine, both readership statistics and reader feedback have been encouraging   ...more   PROFILE: CHARLES MAHER ...there's a massive 12-ft. wide, six-foot tall, four-canvas depiction of a fish, an ornamental Koi, over the mantle. It overpowers the other art in the room, which takes some doing. The other art includes Charlie's own large triptych of a Mercedes (Midsummer Dream), photos and paintings of musicians by Charlie and some of his friends, sculptures and other furnishings that will never whiff the stale air of the "decorative arts" department at Walmart... ...Maher Profile continues here REVISIT:TOM HALE "2010, is my 25th year as a full-time artist. Art has been my sole source of income, and I've become used to "not knowing" when a sale will occur or a payment is to be received. That takes some adjustment! I've come to appreciate the unpredictable nature of being an artist and earning my living this way... " ...Hale Revisit continues here   detail, 2011 Amelia Island Concours poster art by Dennis Brown The 16th annual AFAS Art Show at the Amelia Island Concours 2011 is the 16th consecutive showing by the members of the Automotive Fine Arts Society at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in northern Florida. The show features the latest works by member painters and sculptors from around the world. Poster for the 2011 Concours is by Dennis Brown. Review highlights of the 2011 Amelia show here detail, 2011 St John's Concours poster art by Jay Koka St. John's assumes the legacy of the Meadow Brook Concours After more than 30 years at Meadow Brook Hall on the campus of Oakland University, the Concours d'Elegance of America will relocate to The Inn at St John's in Plymouth, Michigan. Poster artist for the 2011 inaugural event is Jay Koka. The story continues here... Automatic Issue Notification we can let you know by email when a new issue of afasJournal.com is posted send an email with "Notify" in the subject line to notify@nitebridge.com   16TH AFAS AMELIA EXHIBITION Visit with AFAS artists that showed their new work at the 16th Annual AFAS Amelia Island Concours Art Show. ST. JOHN'S... A NEW BEGINNING Continuing the Meadow Brook Concours legacy in an outstanding new location in southern Michigan. CHARLES MAHER PROFILE How many car guy's houses do you go to where all that's in the driveway is a pair of aging minivans? And what's hiding in the garage? Woodworking tools, mostly. TOM HALE REVISIT It has been twenty years since Michigan painter Tom Hale's work was featured in the "printed" Journal... here's a fresh look. UK ART SCENE Noted automotive art commentator and expert Tony Clark returns to offer his views on the continental art scene.                           Sketches    Detours    Contours    About AFAS    Journal Back Issues    CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS EDITION: Tony Clark Jack Juratovic Tom Hale Dennis Hoyt Charles Maher Jim McCarter Kevin Wilson and AFAS members Advertise with us  Contact Us  Privacy Policy  Terms of Use  Disclaimer  afasJournal.com Copyright 2010-2011 Knightbridge Publishing Inc, All Rights Reserved General Manager: Lindsay Evans Creative Head: Michael Koka Publisher: Jay Koka Knightbridge Publishing Incorporated PO Box 395, Waterloo, ON, N2J 4A9 Canada Site design, management and hosting by WEBVUES   The AFAS logo is the property of the Automotive Fine Arts Society LLC. Used with permission. The images presented throughout this publication are protected by copyright, the property of the various artists and are used with permission. Reproduction is prohibited without prior consent. Please respect the artists' property and contact us for image licensing information.