Art appreciation has for too long been the sole property of people who take an interest in art because they think they should. It is one thing looking at a picture and knowing that you like it, but people expect you to be able to say why you like it as well. There is something in that, and being able to enjoy art on a level beyond the purely aesthetic does open up a number of new fronts on which you can enjoy just about anything. With car art, knowing a bit about where to find it and what it entails can increase your appreciation of the medium.

There are a number of sites on the internet devoted to car art, whatever your perspective on it – whether you want to make or buy, there is something out there that will illuminate the way forward for you. This is a good way to get an idea for what it is that you like about car art. The image that many people have, of a well-proportioned blonde girl spread-eagled on the bonnet of some kind of muscle car, is as far from the full truth about what makes car art as – for example – Celine Dion is from what makes classical music.

The joy of car art is in its variety. It celebrates the classic cars that we love by way of evoking their beauty, their speed and their uniqueness. And for some of us who, for the moment, simply cannot afford to put one of these classic machines in our carport then the joy of car art is that it enables us to cast an eye upon their lines and remind ourselves why we are saving the pennies.