Tenille's bike : The Guardian

Tenille had emailed Shawn in Las Vegas; she had seen his work and knew that she wanted him to paint her bike. After reading the first letter, Shawn knew that Tenille had put a lot of thought into what she wanted. Every bit of the paint represents something to Tenille; from her family and her life with them and Shawn thought it was a really cool idea. She was ready to mail the parts to Las Vegas, but it just so happened that Shawn was driving through Kansas one week after the email, so Darryl, Tenille's husband, disassembled the bike and met Shawn on the interstate on his way to Illinios, where he does his summertime shows. This is the first project of the summer, and these photos speak for themselves; taking you from prep to completion.

Tenille had given Shawn lots of artistic freedom. It was Shawn's idea to put a gargoyle on the rear fender, watching her back.

The front fender was going to be lettering, but since there's so much detail on the rest of the bike, he decided to put gargoyles on it, fading up to match the theme of the bike.


Tenille was specific about having a deep, deep purple, and Shawn went one step further, adding pearl...No sissy colors!

Shawn liked the idea of gargoyles so much, that he just stuck with that theme throughout every part, including a gargoyle guarded castle on the tank. And of course, the lettering in the center, which reads "THE GUARDIAN".

Please look to the Bike Gallery to see final pictures of this bike completed.
Special thanks to Tenille and Darryl.

Friends & Family For Life

(My buddy Dale and his family)



(Dale's Uncle Dennis with Shawn)



(Cody Day just gets taller and taller)

"actually Shawn keeps getting shorter and shorter"

Berto's Beach Cruisin

When working on Robert's beach cruiser A.K.A Berto to his friends and family, we could not get the image of cruisin' on a distant beach while drinking some beers.

(Thanks Robert for a wonderful canvas)



(A classic fender treatment)



(Just lookin at this bike makes ya want to be on a beach somewhere)



(No classic project can go without old school lettering of the rider's name)

We look to see Berto hitting the beaches real soon..

Joe Angel's Hotrod

Here we have Joe Angel busy custom designing jewerly in his shop. The guy is incredible at his craft as he can create pin striping at such a fraction of the scale no larger than the size of a pencil tip on a ring. A true master of his trade.

During the week he works hard creating memorable works of jewerly but on the weekends he likes to play with his toys. Like this 1937 Chevy Sedan. When it came time to put the same level of detail into his hot rod that he consistantly provides for his own clients he contacted Shawn Ealy.

Shawn produced the graphics on the side and Joe was excellent enough to turn Shawn loose in the creation of the artwork and choice of styles.

The artwork on the side brings out the contours of the sedan and accents the full length of the body.

But when Shawn finished working the sides he was pleased that Joe really let him go wild in pin striping the hood and rear trunk of the Sedan.

(Something to look at when Joe burys the peddle and leaves them behind in his Chevy)

(One wicked pin striped hood on a classic)

(Two highly creative masters of their trades)

And I could not post this with giving a special thanks to Victor, Ed, and Frank's Autobody who assisted me through the project.

Be sure to check out Joe at: Gold Casters Jewerly, 34 South Water St., Henderson, NV 89015

Or ask for Michael Holland and drop them a line at goldcasters@aol.com, tell em Shawn sent ya.

Shawn Ealy On Home Grown 702 TV

Hey Ma, look...I'm on TV..

Special thanks to Jonny Vegas Productions.