Neil Collins
Safety Fast | 1959 Dutch Grand Prix | Jo Bonnier | BRM | Artwork
Original Painting of Jo Bonnier, who was the first Swedish driver to start a Grand Prix race. His greatest achievement in Formula One was taking victory for BRM in the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, shown in this painting.
Bonnier was one of the driving forces behind the Grand Prix Drivers' Association. Despite his win for BRM, Bonnier did not drive for many works teams throughout his career, with only one-offs as a replacement driver for Lotus, Brabham and Honda.
After his debut in a works Maserati, he then drove for his own Joakim Bonnier Racing Team and for Mimmo Dei's Scuderia Centro Sud in the late 50s, before finding a spot in the BRM and Porsche teams.
In 1966, he was racing advisor to the motor racing epic Grand Prix starring James Garner. A group of top drivers (including Garner, who did all his own driving) were employed for the racing scenes. While filming the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix at the notorious Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Bonnier, along with more than half the field including Jackie Stewart, Bob Bondurant, Graham Hill and Denny Hume, crashed on the first lap of the race. Bonnier went clean through an upstairs window at a house next to the track and could not take part in the later filming on the circuit.
Overall size (cm): 50.0 x 40.0 including mount. Artwork size: 37.0 x 26.5
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Neil Collins
Neil Collins watercolour artist works from old photographs and likes to research period colours to ensure that details are correct. Neil’s first national exhibition was at the RAC Art of Motoring in 2016 where his water colours found a ready market. Since then he has developed both his style and his client base. The clean lines of Neil’s pictures reflect a lifetime in design disciplines. The translucent and free flowing qualities of water colour give an immediacy to Neil’s work.
“I get an enormous amount of pleasure from researching and planning my paintings. Old photographs are fascinating, and I love to translate old black-and-white photographs into colour with my artwork. Every photograph has a narrative – sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden. I like to have this in my paintings".
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