Samantha Zimmermann’s Fine Art

By Tania MonterastelliOn March 23, 2023December 8, 20231 Comment

Like most enthusiasts, her love for cars and motorsports began at a young age. Formula 1 was a must on Sunday mornings. Raised in a family of NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers and technical drawers, our guest’s interest in the technicalities and precise nature of mechanical ingenuity came easily. Her childhood sweetheart Michael took her to her first 24 Hours of Daytona in 2012, and her passion for all things motorsports has only continued to flourish from then through today.

Samantha Zimmermann is a fine artist specializing in realism, with the breadth of her work consisting of automotive and motorsports subjects. She joins us from her home studio in San Antonio, Florida, to tell us how she blended her passion for art and motorsports into a blossoming career.

Check out the follow-along notes, transcript and more details for this episode at GTM

In our discussion with Samantha, we cover topics like:

Tell us about growing up in a house full of engineers… from the sounds of it, you came up in a family of auto enthusiasts. What sorts of vehicles did you grow up around? What really got your attention?
We’re captivated by the entire sweeping romance of your backstory, with your then sweetheart, now husband taking you to your first sports car race, the rolex-24, and suddenly it all clicks. Tell us about that – what was it? What was the magic moment that made it all come together?
In your pieces you focus heavily on racing in the 70s and 80s, which could be considered the heyday of sports car racing, with names like Haywood, Stuck, St. James, Lanier, Ribbs and others in that mix. Why that time period? What’s the draw/appeal?
Many people say, and it’s true of racing as well “failures breed successes” – are there some projects that you look back on and go “the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze” or maybe something you still want to “get around to” #roundtuit
If you had to give advice to other (starving) aspiring artists, what would that be?
How does one go about acquiring some Samantha Zimmermann artwork? What is your commission process like?
What are you working on now? Any big projects you can share/reveal to our audience? #spoileralert

and much, much more!

Samantha’s art influences consist of a mixed group of prominent Renaissance Baroque, and classic masters, along with 20th and 21st century pop, impressionist, and realism artists that inspire and aid in her artistic style. She brings to life through oil and graphite mediums a near photo-realistic scene from the Motorsports world.