News, Work and Events

Pebble Beach Poster 2011

Tim has again been commissioned to paint the Pebble Beach Retro Auto Poster for 2011. It depicts the Stutz Bearcat which is a featured marque at this years event. In the Background is the famous Pebble Beach Club house. Tim will be taking a selection of paintings over to California for the spectacular Monetery Auto Week, exhibiting at Monterey Automobilia and Pebble Beach Retro Auto at the legendary Concours. If you haven't been to these events, make the trip, it is a must do for vintage and historic car fans. This year's concours will feature the Ferrari 250 GTO among others with over 20 of the 36 made on display. Other events in the week include major automobile auctions from Gooding & Co, Bonhams and RM and the Historic races at the spectacular Laguna Seca track.

Life is a Trial!  

Tim has recently been competing in VSCC trials in his 1930 Riley 9 Special. After quite a few reliablity problems Tim, partnered by his brother Jonathan won some silverware by finishing 2nd in class on the Cotswold Trial at the end of 2010. Reliabilty issues meant that for a second year running they failed to start the Exmoor Fringe Trial 2011.
The Herefordshire Trial in March 2011 was subject to some amazing weather and smooth running for team Layzell. However, after a few mistakes in what proved to be an ultra competitive and close event due to the dry conditions, there were no awards this time out. With a busy summer of exhibitions for 2011, it's time to rest the the car and prepare for the Winter 2011/12 events..

RAC Club Commissions

Tim has been commissioned by the Royal Automobile Club to paint two new paintings to hang in their prestigious Pall Mall residence. The first depicts Sir Jackie Stewart in battle with Jochen Rindt in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone 1969. The second will show Sir Stirling Moss driving the famous 722 Mercedes on his way to prehaps his greatest victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia..

Work and Exhibitions in 2010

This year Tim will be exhibiting at the following events –
Goodwood Festival of Speed, including the Moving Motor Show, West sussex, UK  1.2.3.4 July
Silverstone Classic, UK 23.24.25 July
Automobilia Monterey, California, USA  10.11 August
Pebble Beach, California, USA   12.13.14.15 August
Goodwood Revival, West Sussex, UK  17,18.19 September 
 
There will be a new collection of original paintings for sale along with all available limited edition prints and greetings cards. If you would like more information or a preview of the new originals, please contact via email tim@timlayzell.com or telephone +44 (0) 7974 900 580

Pebble Beach Poster Painting sells for $27,500

Tim was commissioned by Pebble Beach Company to paint their 2010 Poster. It features the first and last Jaguars to have raced in the Pebble Beach Road Races and are captured amongst the Monterey Pines that lined the original road circuit. Phil Hill bought the black XK120 and had it shipped over to the US for his own use. He lightened the alloy bodied car by a further 400lbs and won the very first Pebble Beach Road Race on November 4th, 1950. It was Jaguar's first race win on American Soil. The D-Type (XKD528) in the painting was entered by West Coast Jaguar distributor Charles Hornburg, driven by Pearce Woods in the races in 1956.  
 
The image was used to advertise the Retro Auto part of the legendary Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance event held on 13-15 August. Tim signed posters for those visiting the event over the weekend. The original painting was sold for $27,500 by Gooding & Company on Sunday 15th August - It was the only item in the two day Auction that was not a car. The proceeds were donated towards the Pebble Beach Company Foundation which supports many local charities in Monterey County.
 
Please email tim@timlayzell.com or telephone +44 (0) 7974 900 580 if you would like more information 

Thanks to David Gooding for auctioning the piece - For more details about Gooding & Company with results including the $7,260,000 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California, please visit - http://www.goodingco.com/

Last Great Road Race
 
Peter Collins hurls his Ferrari 335S into a slide in pursuit of Giorgio Scarlatti's Maserati 300S as they both forge across the Abruzzi Mountains during the 1957 Mille Miglia. Collins set a searing pace, and by the time he reached the half way point at Rome, looked all set to break Stirling Moss' course record. However, a broken differential near Bologna - just 200miles from the finish - handed victory to Piero Taruffi in this, the last running of the Mille Miglia.

Giclee Printed on very High quality 308 gsm art paper
 
50cm x 60cm image size
 
Limited to just 450 prints, each are signed and numbered by Tim.

£165.00 + £9.00 UK / £15.00 Worldwide Postage and Packing

Email tim@timlayzell.com or telephone +44 (0) 7974 900 580  to reserve a copy.

Pebble Beach Retro Auto 2009 Poster

Tim was commissioned to create an image featuring Morgan three wheelers for this years event poster. It depicts the excitement of vintage motoring down the famous 'Big Sur' looking towards the cliffs of the Californian coast and Pacific Ocean. The painting will be auctioned for charity at the event. For more details on the event please visit http://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/
 

Octane Magazine cover

For Christmas 2008 Tim was commissioned by Octane magazine to paint a Cobra in action to be used on the cover of their January 2009 issue. The image proved hugely popular and resulted in them producing a signed Limited Edition of 100 Prints. The Cobra was being featured as part of their 'Greatest Race Car Ever?' series which also included the mighty Porsche 917, Mercedes W196 among others. 

Telegraph '50 Perfect Presents for Car Lovers'

The Telegraph Newspaper's Motoring section on 29 November 2008 included two of Tim's prints in their '50 Perfect Presents for Car Lovers'. Limited Edition prints 'Full Bodied Grand Prix' and 'Portofino' featured among a mixed bag of other gift ideas including trackdays, calenders and car covers. 
 
In addition to these features, Tim has also recently been featured in Classic and Sports Car magazine, Motorsport magazine and Performance Car.

New Limited Edition Print!

Narrow Victory

The premise of GT racing was that manufacturers could race cars based – however loosely – on cars which customers could drive on the road.  The Ferrari GTO and the Aston Martin Project Cars were perhaps the ultimate expressions of this – based on the 250GT series and DB4GT respectively.  For the TT at Goodwood in 1963, the Astons of Bruce McLaren and Innes Ireland were handicapped by having to run on narrow 5 ½ “ wheel rims.  Although Ireland put in a banzai qualifying lap to take pole, Graham Hill won the race from Mike Parkes’ similar car while Ireland finished 7th after a number of lurid spins.  Here, Hill leads Ireland and Parkes out of the chicane in the early stages of the race.

Image size 62cm x 50cm Approx plus large border to give some framing options.

Printed on high quality 308gsm paper

62 x 50 cm

Limited to just 450 prints, each are signed and numbered by Tim.

£155 inc VAT + £6.50 UK / £7.50 Europe / £9.50 Worldwide Postage and Packing

Email tim@timlayzell.com or telephone +44 (0) 7974 900 580 to reserve a copy.

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In the News

Tim's painting of the 1960 Goodwood TT received high-profile exposure as part of the Daily Telegraph's recent coverage of the Goodwood Revival meeting. The painting, which is available as a limited edition print, was used as the main cover image in the Motoring section.

Limited Edition Print!

Following the popularity of the original painting during the summer months, Tim is releasing 'Into the Light’ as a Limited Edition print.

‘Into the light' depicts Achille Varzi in his light blue Bugatti Type 51 and Tazio Nuvolari in the Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 blasting out of the famous tunnel at the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix. They are dicing for victory in one of the all time great racing battles! After passing and re-passing each other many times throughout the race, Nuvolari’s engine eventually blew, leaving Varzi to take one of his greatest victories.

Now available as a signed limited run of just 450 prints with an image size of 60 x 50cm, this is an extremely high quality Giclee print on 300gsm art paper and priced £165.00 + £9.00 UK / £15.00 Worldwide Postage and Packing.

Email tim@timlayzell.com or telephone +44 (0) 7974 900 580 to reserve a copy.

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