Steele-Thomas Studios

We are a fine art production company that produces automotive illustrations of original paintings and prints. We also produce portraits in oil.

ARTIST STATEMENT by Sue Steele Thomas The automobile itself is an extremely significant part of our culture and way of life. As a painter I choose the automobile, people and surrounding landscape as the subject matter. The automobile, is within itself, a work of art. The genius of designers who create flat drawings and turn them into three-dimensional, moving, working machines intensifies my ambition to capture such strong images. Automobile art is a growing trend and is finding its way into the art world as a popular aesthetic art form. As a child, I helped my father with the automobile repairs. My job was to learn which tools were which. I became the mechanic's assistant. This created a fascination for me with the automobile. Another influence came from participating in