Paintings and posts by Mike Campanella

Hot Rod

2003. Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 48”

Description: An oversize pack of bubble gum cards, circa 1965, when front-engine rails blasted down the quarter mile.

Flame Job

1995. Airbrushed acrylic and pinstripe enamel on goalie mask, 9” x 14”

Description: Hockey netminders are a breed apart. As a reward for facing blistering slapshots, they get to customize their headgear

Flaming Helmet Painted
Twin Arrows paining

Twin Arrows

1994. Oil on canvas, 36” x 36” 

Description: As you motor west on Route 66, you’ll find these two 25-foot tall projectiles waiting for you in Arizona.

Shoreline Sentinel

2003. Oil on canvas panel, 7” x 9”

Description: I swear I’ll never do another palm tree painting. And there I go again.

Shoreline Sentinel Painting
Campy Art Twilight Paining

Twilight Majesty

2003. Oil on canvas panel, 7” x 9” 

Description: An apocalyptic sky draws the curtain down on another day.

MIami Nocturne

2003. Oil on canvas panel, 7” x 9”

Description: On a languid summer evening, you can almost hear the theme song of “The Jackie Gleason Show.”

Miami painting

Wonder View

2012. Oil on canvas panel, 16”x 20” 

Description: A hidden gem overlooking Bar Harbor, Maine. It’s not a hotel, and don’t call it a motel—it’s a motor lodge.

Citroen

2014. Oil on canvas, 16” x 22”

Description: In 1925, an iconic French automaker rented a certain Parisian landmark, strung up 250,000 lights, and voila!, created the largest ad of all time.

Hamburgers Painting

Hamburger 5 cents

1988. Oil on canvas, 12” x 16”

Description: Art Deco nostalgia served with a side of fries, back when the golden arches were nowhere to be seen.