9 - Friday, July 4, 1986 - North Shore News

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NV resident gets a kick out of drawing cars of

ARTIS

ARTIST Brett. Lieberman
likes models with four
wheels.

Bs TIMOTHY RENSHAW

News Reporter

The North Vancouver man
draws cars. Not the modern
rounded off, aerodynamically
sound models that) clog the
highways and byways of modern
suburbia, but the elegantly ap-
pointed and opulently styled
automobiles from the 30s and 40s:
Jaguars, Packards and Auburns.

“L like wire wheels, big bumpers
and headlights and lots of
chrome,"’ Lieberman says. ‘'Those
older cars had so much inore char-
acter, and | just love to draw
them.”

A selection of Lieberman’s work
will be displayed July 7 to 9 at
B.C. Place Stadium when the Vin-
tage International Antique Auto
Show rolls into Vancouver.

The 24 Lieberman originals will
be donated to the various owners
of the cars that served as models.

SELF-TAUGHT

Lieberman, who has lived in
North Vancouver for 15 years, is a

self-tuught artist. A qualified auto
mechanic, he started drawing
automobiles in’ 1979 as a casual
pastime.

His first sale was a pen and ink
rendering of a 1930 Model ‘A’
Ford. He got $35,

In 1980, Lieberman rented a
beoth at the PNE‘s annual car
show and displayed 20 pieces. He
sold everything and walked away
with $4,000.

Lieberman decided to perma-
nently trade wrench and grease for
pen and ink, But his new career
ran head on into fate, when he was
involved in an automobile accident
on the Lions Gate Bridge later that
same year.

The accident rattled his con-
fidence. He moved to Toronto and
“*T swore [’d never draw another
car again.”

Automobiles, however, would
not leave Lieberman alone. He was
approached in downtown Toronto
by the owner of a 1931 Dodge
Coupe, who offered $375 to

Lieberman to have his car immor-
talized in pen and ink.

CAREER DRIVEN

His career has since shifted into
overdrive. His work appears in the
private collections of such
luminaries as Jimmy Pattison and
Tom Selleck. His originals, four of
which are now on display near the
Kodak Bowl on the Expo 86 site,
go for $200.

In addition to his drawings,
Lieberman has explored the possi-
bility of reproducing his work on
greeting cards and T-shirts. He has
just completed 500 placements for
the Jaguar Club of B.C.

Between his artistic traffic jam,
Lieberman has redesigned a
desktop overhead projector that he
hopes to market.

But his passion remains the
automobile and the design lines
that have fuelled the love affair of
an entire nation.

“It’s simple, | love cars and 1
love to draw them."'

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