New oil painting of Jay Leno by Ron Keas
This car will round out Jay's collection.

I live in Lucerne, California, located on the edge of the largest Lake in California - Clear Lake.  My nature photography of Clear Lake and Lake County appears in magazines, advertising, billboards, calendars,  and in local websites.  When I'm not photographing the beauty of Lake County, I'm busy with my artwork in the form of oil paintings.

Last year I sent a print of one of my paintings to Jay Leno.  It was a painting of a man on an Indian Motorcycle. (pictured below)  To my surprise, I received a phone call from Jay complimenting me on my artwork.  To be complimented by Jay Leno was a life changing event for me, and it inspired me to paint a series of 30 Obama oil paintings over the next year. 

I just finished a painting of Jay Leno.  He loves his cars, and his collection includes Antiques Bentley Bugatti Classics, Corvette ,Custom Built, EcoJet,  Duesenberg,  Electric,  Hot Rods,  Hybrids,  Luxury Cars,  Motorcycles,  Muscle Cars,  Sports Cars,  Steam Cars,  Super Cars,  Trucks and Vintage Cars.   I decided to round out Jays' car collection with a 24x36"oil painting of him driving a very special 1950 Vintage car  ( Jay was born in 1950)  In the painting he is seen driving in front of NBC Studios in Burbank, California.

My intention is that this painting will express Jay's passion for cars, while depicting the sense of humor he is known for Worldwide.  Here is the finished painting.  Jay is driving a 1950 Champion.