Tom Dunn "Pencil Drawing"

This is a 11"x14" pencil drawing of Tom Dunn, the famous driver doing his thing from the hey-days of racing.  I still have a passion for front engine dragsters and can't get enough of them.  I wanted to do another pencil drawing to depict motion.  I had fun doing this one, and finished it just in time for Iron Invasion this fall.  I have prints as well as the original for sale if interested.  I hope to get to some nostalgic events next year to see some more of these pieces of history and get more inspiration for new artwork.  Hope you enjoy, Nate Grice

Champagne Taste Scratchboard

Here is another 9"x12" scratchboard that I did this late summer.  It is Dorr Johnson’s wickedly cool ’30 Ford coupe.  I have seen this beautiful ride at many shows and finally took some time to do some art of it.  I hope the original can get to his hands in the future.  I have prints available also of this, up to 13"x19" in high quality giclee ink.  The car is a gold color with matching painted rims.  It's a very clean hotrod that is appreciated by many!!  Here is a link to the article in Street Rodder about it.  http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/1112sr_1930_ford_coupe/viewall.html

Nate Grice

Rat Fink "Army Rat"

Torque Fest this spring had a charity drive that asked artists to try their own spin on the famous Rat Fink.  He is typically green with a red shirt with initials R.F. on the front of it.  I decided to do something different.  These started out as plain aluminum blanks and I went from there.  It was auctioned off at the show and raised money for his foundation, Helping Hannah's Heart.  I have done something for John Wells each year, and hope to continue in the future.  It is a great cause and he puts on a great show as well.  I recently was an art vendor at his Iron Invasion show in Woodstock in October.   Nate Grice

"Bar Hopper" Scratchboard

This is a 9"x12" scratchboard I did of a bar hopper bike.  I wanted to try something different and test my skills and went for a custom fish scale tank "paint" treatment.  It turned out awesome!!  I have the original for sale still if your interested as well as prints.  Just email me for details.  I will hopefully do some more bike scratches this winter in my downtime.  I have been working on a garage addition all summer so I haven't had time to work on much art.  Hope posting these forgotten pieces gets you by for now.  Nate Grice

54 Kustom scratchboard

Here is a 9"x12" one of  a kind scratchboard I did to donate to the Detroit Autorama charity auction.  I don't know how much $ it raised, but I hope it brought a lot for a good cause.  It was one of my favorites so far.  I vended at Detroit and had a blast, it was a long weekend and made lots of new friends, as well as catching up with old ones.  I wish we had more time to see some of the museums and cool sites there.  Maybe next time....Nate Grice

"Sky Wheelie" Scratchboard

Here is my latest scratchboard. I still have a huge addiction to F.E.D's. I can't get enough of drawing/ scratching them. I hope to make a painting of one real soon. Anyways, this is my rendition of a sky wheelie in one. I can't imagine the feeling of the driver as you only see sky and keep your foot in it! Maybe someday... The original is 8"x10". Available for sale. I also have prints available in 11"x14" or 13"x19". As of now, all prints I will sell will be giclee, on fine art paper. They will last a lifetime. Hope you dig it, Nate Grice.

Joe Petrali "land speed record" painting

Here is Joe Petrali onboard his record setting "knucklehead" Harley Davidson. The year was 1937. On March 13, this EL Factory Streamliner established a land speed record, racing up to 136.183 miles per hour on the hard-packed sands at Daytona Beach, Florida. The speed run was conducted to promote Harley-Davidson's new "Knucklehead" engine. Harley racing team rider Joe Petrali was aboard the bike for the record run. Petrali left Harley in 1938 to join the team that helped Howard Hughes build the Spruce Goose airplane.

The original acrylic painting is 16"x20". Prints will be available. Contact me if interested.

Hope to do some more in this series soon. Nate Grice

Atlas Oil Scratchboard

Here is my most recent scratchboard. The original is 8"x10". I have wanted to do something with the Atlas Oil Tools dragster for awhile now. So after I finished a few commission christmas presents I knocked this one out. I wanted to make one to look in "motion" so to speak. It turned out pretty cool. I will have prints available for Autorama in Detroit next month. Hope to have many new pieces done this year! Nate Grice