There are many reasons why a love of cars tallies up with a love of aircraft when considering an artist’s muse. After all, these two things have a lot in common – both are man-made inventions which give us the chance to travel over longer distances than we ever could have before. You will notice that many car artists do also have a fascination for aircraft and for other forms of motorized transport. The subject, after all, is not so much the form of transport but the concept, the idea of making it easier for mankind to broaden its horizons.

Bill Neale’s art shows his own love for both the ground-based four-wheeled method of transport and the winged, sky-based form. In some of his paintings, he combines the two, saying without the need for words all we need to know about the things we love in transport. It is quite humbling to think of what life was like before we could fly or drive to given locations, and a painting depicting planes or cars or both is a suitable testament to what we have received. To see how this love for motoring can be turned into something beautiful, see Bill’s website (www.billneale.com ) or some of his classic posters for Concours d’Elegance events.