Artist Ken Mitchell designs and custom paints murals on VW buses :)
Ken says...
Wow, here are a bunch of pics of the progress and final shots of the five vw buses I have hand painted to date. They are in order of completion... the first was my 71 Westy "Turtlebus" followed by my 87 westy "Alice." Then, I painted Aswah and Lisa's 89 Westy "Kaya" up in PEI, Canada. Then in florida, I painted Lisa's two buses a 74 westy "Joise" and a 79 westy "Indra"! I have three others on the way, a 66 splitty in Connecticut thats getting a surfing inspired mural, Aswah and Lisa's Kaya bus is getting sanded down and painted with a new mural to reflect their new home in NorCal and Diane From Vintage Surfari is looking to get something on one of their rental buses also out in CA! Keep tuned in!A plan has been hatched for Ken to travel to the left coast and paint one of our buses at Vintage Surfari Wagons. If anyone else has an interest in having Ken custom paint a bus please contact us so that we can co-ordinate a 'two birds with one stone' visit for Ken. Here is a photo gallery of Ken's work.
The Sherrell-Storch Family Poem
Joshua Tree to Moab
And Grand Canyon too
Many our voyages
In the Honu Li'u.
An arrow across the
Great tumbling West
Says Tardy Turtle
"Slow and Green is the best."
And though our travels
Will end soon, yet
this bus will keep wheelin'
Into the sunset.
And Grand Canyon too
Many our voyages
In the Honu Li'u.
An arrow across the
Great tumbling West
Says Tardy Turtle
"Slow and Green is the best."
And though our travels
Will end soon, yet
this bus will keep wheelin'
Into the sunset.
BIG WEDNESDAY :: It's just around the corner!
Each year during the second Wednesday of August San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente is jam packed to the rafters with VW buses! This is all in honor of the movie Big Wednesday... if you haven't seen it you seriously need to before heading down to the beach. The philosophy is ditch work, grab your board and head down to the beach.
Taos :: Vera Bradley Photo Shoot, Mavericks
Sunset Magazine Mention
Thanks Stephan and Britt for sharing your fabulous vacation pictures with us and with Sunset Magazine!
Check out the article here in the July issue of Sunset.
Cardarella Wedding
Hi Bill,
I hope all is well.
It was so fun to rent the VW for the weekend of our wedding and to have as our get away car. Definitely a hit with our friends and family from Ohio!
I felt right at home in that bus!
I have attached a few pictures... enjoy and take care!
Sincerely,
Corrine
Hey, a plug for us on Apartment Therapy!
