{"id":11203,"date":"2018-02-01T00:08:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2018-11-16T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T03:07:00","slug":"official-artwork-for-2018-vancouver-british-classic-car-show-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11203","title":{"rendered":"Official artwork for 2018 Vancouver British classic car show unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11205\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11205\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Stockdale-On-the-way-to-the-ABFM-759x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite, Jaguar XK120 and Lotus Cortina &#8220;Going to the Show,&#8221; where they will join 500 other classic cars and motorcycles at the annual event at VanDusen Garden in Vancouver.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Celebrated Vancouver painter Michael Stockdale was commissioned by the Vancouver ABFM event organizers to paint this year\u2019s official event poster. The artwork entitled <em>Going to the Show<\/em> measures 12&#8243; x 16&#8243; and uses acrylic paint on stretched canvas. It depicts an Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite being passed by a Jaguar XK120 with a Lotus Cortina in the distance, while British Columbia\u2019s pastoral Fraser Valley landscape forms the backdrop.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11206\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11206\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Stockdale-Finishing-touches-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Stockdale-Finishing-touches-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Stockdale-Finishing-touches-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Stockdale-Finishing-touches-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Stockdale-Finishing-touches-156x200.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Vancouver painter Michael Stockdale puts the finishing touches on this year&#8217;s official poster artwork entitled &#8220;Going to the Show.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stockdale is known for his passion for classic cars and love of landscapes, people and the visual story-telling style of his paintings. He will display a variety of his work at this year&#8217;s Vancouver ABFM on Saturday May 19, 2018 at the 33<sup>rd<\/sup> annual VanDusen event.<\/p>\n<p>He will also be available for commissioned works.<\/p>\n<p>The original ABFM <em>Going to the Show <\/em>\u200ecollectible painting is available for purchase. Interested parties should contact Patrick Stewart <a href=\"mailto:pstewart@westerndriver.com\">pstewart@westerndriver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stockdale can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:michaelspaintings@gmail.com\">michaelspaintings@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated Vancouver painter Michael Stockdale was commissioned by the Vancouver ABFM event organizers to paint this year\u2019s official event poster. The artwork entitled Going to the Show measures 12&#8243; x 16&#8243; and uses acrylic paint on stretched canvas. It depicts an Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite being passed by a Jaguar XK120 with a Lotus<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11203\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-british-field-meet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11209,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203\/revisions\/11209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}