Red Rock Canyon Edition Hummer

Inspired by Nevada's Red Rock Canyon, Shawn painted this "Red Rock Edition" H2 for proud owners, Mr. and Mrs. Menschel. The mural features the mountains in a sunset with many different colors in pearl.

American Quad

Danny Sanders brought in his son, Colton's, quad for Shawn to paint. Colton has been away on a mission for the past 2 years. Danny promised this as a gift for Colton upon his return. Now that that time is nearing, Colton has sent a few simple requests, one of them being that no one is to paint the plastics, except for Shawn Ealy. Colton asked for the plastics to be American themed. Shawn is very happy to do this for Danny and Colton, and he hopes that when Colton returns, he is happy with his paintjob.

Shawn began the process by sanding down the parts.

Next, he airbrushed red and white on the ends, and will include stars to resemble the American flag.

Shawn is seen adding detail to the "US Air Force Thunderbirds" in formation, with a paintbrush.

Next to the 'Thunderbirds' is a ghosted image of the Statue of Liberty.

On the side, Shawn painted a ghost image of the head of an eagle.


Shawn airbrushed another ghosted image of the six men raising the American flag.

Though a ghosted image is hard to capture on camera, this close-up displays the Twin towners.

1953 Panhead:Vietnam Memorial

This week, Shawn is painting a 1953 Panhead for Rick, who is a Vietnam veteran.

Today, we have it in primer and Shawn is sanding the guide coat away. Tonight, it will be House of Kolor Black. Shawn's friend, Dale, said it is one of the deepest black bases he has worked with, so Shawn wanted to try it out.

Now that the black is on, it is time for Shawn's favorite part, the artwork.

Shawn painted the P.O.W. M.I.A. logo with lettering underneath that reads, 'Help Bring Them Home. You Will Not Be Forgotten.'
On the other tank, Shawn painted the Marine Corps logo.

Shawn is using a 1 inch double zero size brush, which enables him to detail the artwork with fine lines.

Finally, Shawn added clouds and mountains for the background.

Rick came in to see the artwork before it was cleared, and gave 100% approval with a smile on his face.



These logos have great sentimental value to Rick, and serve as a tribute to his services and all of the men that were out there with him.

Now that Rick has the tanks back with the artwork on them, he decided to bring in his fenders to have them done as well. Shawn is in the beginning stage of sanding the fenders.

After they were prepped and sanded, it was time to spray on the black. Rick asked Shawn to put the fallen soldier statue with the phrase 'All Gave Some, Some Gave All' on his rear fender . When this is finished, it will complete the Vietnam Memorial bike.


Shawn is airbrushing black to shadow the boots and helmet.

Shawn added shoelaces on the boots, and barbwire around them for finishing touches.

The front fender is outlined with pinstriped barbwire.


Rick stopped by today to bring in the finished project. If you pay attention to the details from the chrome to the artwork, this is one of the most intricate panheads out there.