Recently, a good friend, Peter Aylett of Car Art Inc. www.carart.us, who wrote the “Origins of Automotive Fine Art” series for Garage Style Origins of Automotive Fine Art and Origins of Automobile Advertising Art as well as Origins of Motor Racing Art , shared with me the silver lining of his black cloud. While on a lengthy vacation abroad, a leak from an adjoining unit of his townhome complex flooded his garage, ruining a number of things in the process. Great thing to return home to. But – he took the negative and turned it into a positive by taking the cleaning to another level, restoring the floors, repainting the walls, and hanging some spectacular art in gallery fashion creating his own gallerage, as we used to call it around here (Pete’s word, actually). We’ll be showcasing this two-car transformation in a later edition – but – his story is inspiring to say the least, and shows that smaller spaces can be just as interesting as larger ones.
Who remembers the single-car garage in Carmel, California that was on our Garage Tour in 2019? Spectacular place. Or how about our own Rick Rader’s garage Sign of the Times in Chattanooga, Tennessee? Remember, it’s not the size, it’s the imagination. It’s taking the time to think things through and even having that conversation with yourself (multiple times) of what you can’t live without and what can be moved on to a new keeper. It’s knowing that full-size posters are great shrunken down to 8×10 or 12×18 – while they’d look out of place in Jay Leno’s garage, they fit perfectly in a standard-sized garage. Likewise, Jay’s art would look out of place in a standard. How does your garage look?
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