Kevin McNicholas Artist Catalogue 2

KEVIN  MCNICHOLAS
F1  ARTIST
ARTWORK  CATALOGUE

NORTH  EAST  ART  COLLECTIVE

North East Art Collective is an art gallery located in Eldon Garden Shopping
Centre, in the heart of Newcastle City Centre.
We pride ourselves on having something for everyone. We display and sell
art from many genres for every taste and age. All of the artwork on display
in the gallery is produced by talented artists living in North East England.
There are over 100 local artists currently working with us and displaying
work in our 10 room gallery!
As part of a new venture, North East Art Collective is putting together artist
catalogues to showcase the talents of each individual artist that we work
with. We are very excited to share with you this F1 Paintings catalogue
showcasing artwork by Kevin McNicholas.

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ABOUT  THE  ARTIST

Kevinʼ’s interest in motor racing began when he was just a young boy. As he grew older he
became fascinated in not only the racing aspect of the sport, but increasingly about the cars,
how they were designed, built, developed and then raced.

As Kevin was limited to following motorsport by only being able to watch it on TV, or read
about it in magazines, he became frustrated by this and wanted to find a way to get closer to
the action, to see where the cars were made and to meet the people involved. However this
was never going to be easy to achieve as motorsport, especially Formula 1 (F1), is highly
technical and the teams taking part are extremely secretive and guarded about their work.
This makes it highly unlikely or impossible even, for normal fans like Kevin to be entrusted
with access to their domains.

However undeterred, Kevin had an idea. He enjoyed painting and had inherited some talent for
it from his Father. So the idea was for him to paint a picture of an F1 car, and offer the
painting in exchange for a visit to one of the F1 Headquarters. Team Lotus was Kevinʼ’s
favourite team, so he sent a photograph of his first F1 car painting to Frank Dernie, who was
the Technical Director, with the exchange offer. To Kevinʼ’s amazement Frank accepted and
Kevin went by train to Norfolk and spent a full and thoroughly enjoyable day with Frank at the
.

Team Lotus Headquarters, seeing all aspects of the teamʼ’s work.

In light of his success with Team Lotus, Kevinʼ’s next project was a painting of Alain Prost,
driving a McLaren. He followed the same method, sending a photo of the painting to Ron
Dennis, who was the CEO at McLaren. Once again, to Kevinʼ’s astonishment, his offer was
accepted and McLaren arranged for him to be flown down to London Heathrow Airport, where
he was picked up and taken to their facility in Woking. After meeting Ron Dennis and
presenting him with the painting, Kevin spent the day with Peter Stayner, their Marketing
Director. Ayrton Senna, one of Kevinʼ’s heroes, had been at the factory on the morning of
Kevinʼ’s visit, however unfortunately Kevin missed meeting him by 5 minutes, as Ayrton had
left to go testing at Silverstone. Later that year Kevin was a guest of McLaren at the British
Grand Prix.

Kevinʼ’s next project was a painting for Nigel Mansell. After becoming F1 World Champion in
1992, driving for the Williams team (owned by Sir Frank Williams), Nigel had decided to leave
F1 to participate in CART Indycar racing in the USA. Although the painting was finished, Kevin
was in discussions with Nigelʼ’s PA about getting the painting to him, but this was proving
difficult, as Nigel was in the process of moving to the States.

At the time Kevin was working at Newcastle Airport and he got a call at home one day from a
colleague to say that Frank Williams (Nigelʼ’s ex-‑boss) had arrived at the airport. This was not
as unusual as it sounds, as Frank was born in the north east in South Shields and his mother
still lived there, so Frank would fly to Newcastle in his private jet to visit. Kevin therefore
decided to take the Mansell painting into work the next day to ask the Captain of Frankʼ’s
aircraft if the painting could be transported back with them to Oxford, the home of the
Williams team, where Kevin could then arrange for Nigelʼ’s PA to pick it up.

The Captain apologised and said that he didnʼ’t have the authority to make that decision,
however as they were due to depart at 1.00pm the next day, if Kevin came back then, he could
ask Frank himself. Kevin duly turned up with the painting to meet Frank and make the request,
to which Frank replied by asking if he could have a look at it. On seeing it Frank said that he
would be prepared to take the painting to Oxford, on condition that Kevin did a painting for
him. Kevin was delighted with this agreement.

It took around 12 months for Frankʼ’s painting to be finished, which was of Nigel Mansell
driving the World Championship winning Williams FW14B and was entitled “Thunder Bird 5”.

Kevin was flown to Oxford in a private aircraft and presented Frank with his painting. Frank
asked Kevin how much the painting cost, but Kevin said he had not thought about putting a
price on it, he was happy enough to be rewarded with the factory visit. Frank asked Kevin to
come back and see him at the end of the day with a price in mind. After another brilliant day, it
was time to go home, so Kevin went to say goodbye to Frank. At this point Frank asked again
if Kevin had made up his mind about a price for the painting. Kevin apologised and said he had
forgotten all about that.

Three days later Kevin received a rather large cheque in the post from Frank, along with a
photograph of Kevinʼ’s painting, which had been hung in the Williams F1 Team boardroom.

MICHAEL  SCHUMACHER

£11,000.00

Available   for  £1100  a  
Month  with  Own  Art  
Scheme

Framed  Original  
Acrylic

Image  Size  90cm  x  
59cm

Mounted  in  a  11cm  
Thick   Double  White  
Mount

Framed  in  a  3.5cm  
Smooth  Flat  Black  
Frame

Overall  Size   119cm  x  
88cm

MARIO  ANDRETTI

£11,000.00

Available   for  £1100  a  
Month  with  Own  Art  
Scheme  

Framed  Original  
Acrylic

Image  Size  89cm  x  
58cm

Mounted  in  a  7.5cm  
Navy  Blue  Mount  
with  a  Silver  Blue  
Inner  Mount

Framed  in  a  5.5cm  
Sanded  Silver  Frame

Overall  Size   115cm  x  
84cm

AYRTON  SENNA

£11,000.00

Available   for  £1100  a  
Month  with  Own  Art  
Scheme  
Framed  Original  
Acrylic

Image  Size  74cm  x  
63cm

Mounted  in  a  10cm  
Thick   Double  White  
Mount

Framed  in  a  4cm  
Smooth  Black   Frame

Overall  Size   102cm  x  
91cm

LEWIS  II

£13,000.00

Available   for  £1300  a  
Month  with  Own  Art  
Scheme  

Framed  Original  
Acrylic

Image  Size  90cm  x  
60cm

Mounted  in  a  7.5cm  
Double  Black   Mount  
with  Red  Inner  
Mount

Framed  in  a  4.5cm  
Textured  Flat  Black  
Frame

Overall  Size   114cm  x  
84cm

JENSON

£6,000.00

Available   for  £600  a  Month  with  Own  Art  Scheme  

Framed  Original  Acrylic
Image  Size  61cm  x  92cm
Mounted  in  a  7.5cm  Double  Dark  Grey  Mount  with  
Red  Inner  Mount
Framed  in  a  4.5cm  Two  Tone  Metallic  Frame
Overall  Size   73cm  x  109cm

PRINTS

LEWIS  HAMILTON

32”  x  21”

Limited  Edition  of  150
Framed  -‑ £650

Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

26”  x  18”

Limited  Edition  of  150

Framed  -‑ £650
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

16”  x  11”

Open  Edition
Framed  -‑ £160

Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £95

LEWIS  II AYRTON  SENNER

32”  x  21” 32”  x  21”

Limited  Edition  of  150 Limited  Edition  of  150
Framed  -‑ £650 Framed  -‑ £650

Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400 Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

26”  x  18” 26”  x  18”

Limited  Edition  of  150 Limited  Edition  of  150

Framed  -‑ £650 Framed  -‑ £650
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400 Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

16”  x  11” 16”  x  11”

Open  Edition Open  Edition
Framed  -‑ £160 Framed  -‑ £160

Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £95 Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £95

MARIO   ANDRETTI JENSON

32”  x  21” 15”  x  24”

Limited  Edition  of  150 Open  Edition
Framed  -‑ £650 Framed  -‑ £450
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £350
26”  x  18”

Limited  Edition  of  150
Framed  -‑ £650
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

16”  x  11”

Open  Edition
Framed  -‑ £160
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £95

MICHAEL   SCHUMACHER

32”  x  21”

Limited  Edition  of  150
Framed  -‑ £650
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

26”  x  18”

Limited  Edition  of  150
Framed  -‑ £650
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £400

16”  x  11”

Open  Edition
Framed  -‑ £160
Mounted  (Unframed)  -‑ £95

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