recognized that and that was part of why they wanted them. It’s because it was something that was very difficult and so unique."
  One should not judge the subject matter of artists without a great deal of thought. They might be drawing our culture in brush strokes that touch and grab us in a subliminal way. We see, we like, we buy, we enjoy. Why a painting appeals to us, same as a car design, is often difficult to clarify.
  Dana is an artist, but he’s also a Corvette person. Before the Corvette paintings, in 1987, he bought a ‘66 Stingray coupe. Soon, he began painting pictures of this car for his own enjoyment. Eventually, the work "just sort of slipped into the brick wall series that I already had started and took off. So it is one of those accidents that turned out real well."