Portrait Of A Boy And His Dog

I was commissioned to paint this portrait/sign of a boy and his dog on a 24"x36" canvas. The client provided me with a photo to use as a reference. To see more photos of this painting please go to my "Other Things I Paint" page by clicking on the tab above or on the link on the left side of this page. Thanks.

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Hand Painted Pinstriping On A 2019 Ford F-250 Pickup Truck

Here is a full pinstriping job on a Ford F-250 pickup that some might feel is a little too much striping, but I believe it is still a very classy looking truck. Some people like even more pinstriping, and some people prefer less. I like to work with the customer to create a complete looking well balanced pinstriping job on a vehicle that fits their taste. To see more pictures of this truck please click on the "Pinstriping" tab above. You can also see more of my work by searching the web. Just type in "pinstriping Dennis Day" or "Pinstriping D.Day Designs."

Flames On A 1979 Chevy Pickup

I painted the flames on this 1979 Chevy pickup when it was brand new shortly after the owner chopped the roof.

As you can see in the photo above the roof is flamed as well. And the two hundred or so louvers on the hood were fun to paint over!

Windows That Aren't Really There In a Private Residence, Central Ma

 My customer commissioned me to paint Trompe-l'œil copies of the windows on the wall on the right, onto the wall facing you in the photo below. My mission was to realistically create the optical illusion that the windows exist on what was actually a plain, blank gray wall. This wall is 17' feet high. One of the most challenging parts of the project was to paint the crown moldings at the top of the windows to look like they were actually there, but they aren't. There is only a painting of them going up the wall and out onto the ceiling. To see more pictures of this mural please click on the "Wall Murals" tab above.

Peterbilt Tractor

The first truck I painted for this customer was in the early 1990's. As you can see in the photos below, this truck is number 45. To say they are a great customer and great friends is an understatement. All of the lettering, graphics, and pinstriping on this truck are hand painted, as well as my rendition of R. Crumb's Doo Dah man. By clicking on the "Pinstriping" tab above you can see more pictures of this beautiful truck. 

                                   
                                   

HOT ROD PINSTRIPING

This hand painted pinstriping design is on the firewall of a "T-bucket" roadster. As you can see, the car was still being built when I pinstriped it. If you would like to see the pinstriping on the rest of this car please click on the "pinstriping" tab above.

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Hand Painted Faux Windows With Flower Boxes

I was commissioned to paint these trompe l'oeil, (or fake) windows on the front of this beautiful outdoor bathhouse with the only request being that the main feature of the painting was window boxes. The customer left the rest up to me! To see more pictures of these windows please click on the "Wall Murals" tab above.

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A 1955 Chevy Hot Rod With A Classic 1950's Style Flame Job

The owner of this really cool '55 Chevy Belair built this car himself in his garage at his home. He painted the car there as well. It's also where we painted the flames. He and I have known each other for a long time and I've had the pleasure of painting many cool things for him over the years. You can see several more pictures of this car by clicking on the "Flames" tab above.
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Freightliner Tractor
I have been lettering and pinstriping trucks for this customer since the mid 1980s. They are wonderful people and have become just like family to me. All of the lettering, pinstriping, and the American flag on the truck are handpainted. If you would like to see more pictures of this truck please click on the "hand lettering" tab above. Thanks.
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Hand Painted Scene Of The Azores As Seen Through Faux Windows
I was commissioned by a wonderful family who are originally from the Azores and now live in Central Massachusetts, to paint this scene of the Azores as seen through these two faux windows.  To create this painting I used a composite of photos of actual places in the Azores. You can see more pictures of these paintings by clicking on the "Wall Murals" tab above. Thanks.

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A Pinstriped Guitar

Hand pinstriping a guitar is a nice way to make it "your own" and one of a kind. You can see a few more pictures of this guitar by clicking on the "Pinstriping" tab above.

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A Painting On Canvas Of A Romantic And Sentimental Place For A Newlywed Couple.

On a cold winter's day, in a small town in upstate New York, the husband in a recently married couple had proposed to his bride on the walking bridge in the painting below. He had a professional photograph taken that I was able to use as a reference to create the painting. The photograph was taken at a time that showed the same conditions as when the proposal was made, on a cloudy evening near sunset, after a snowfall. The painting is done with acrylics on canvas and measures 18" by 24". It was given as a gift to his wife for their wedding anniversary. To see a couple more photos of the painting click on the "Other Things I Paint" tab above.
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Handpainted Pinstriped Flames on a Harley Davidson Trike

The pinstriped flames on this trike are painted freehand. Click on the pinstriping tab above to see more pictures of this cool three wheeler.

1965 Shelby GT-350

In 2015 had the honor and pleasure of handpainting the lettering and graphics on this very cool drag car to make it look like it did when it was raced in the 1960s. The first picture below shows the car in the '60s and the second one shows the car after I painted it. For more pictures and a little history about the car please click on the "Hand Lettering" tab above. Thanks.

2015 Corvette

It's not everyday that I get the pleasure of pinstriping a future classic car like this Corvette. All of the pinstriping on this car is handpainted, freehand. If you would like to see more pictures of this car click on the "pinstriping" tab above.

2016 Peterbilt Ramp Truck

All of the lettering and pinstriping on this Peterbilt is handpainted. Click on the hand lettering tab above to see more pictures of this truck.

1940 Ford Flames!

To fill my customer's request I painted these 1950's classic hot rod style flames on this 1940 Ford. The flames are masked off and sprayed on the car. I then hand painted the white outline around the flames. After that my brother Richie, who paints for Wilson and Steely Kustom Koachworks in Athol, MA, where the flame job was done, clearcoated over the flames. Many people consider the '40 Ford Coupe to be one of the quintessential American Hot Rods. 

The finished car, out on the road. 

F-350 Pickup Truck

Here is a pinstriping design on the hood of a Ford F-350 pickup truck. I hand painted this design as part of a very extensive, complete pinstriping job. You can see pictures of the rest of the pinstriping on this truck by clicking on the "Pinstriping" tab above.

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A CLASSIC AMERICAN DINER

The Park Diner was built in 1933 and was operated in Worcester MA. It was completely restored inside and out by master craftsmen. The lettering had to be hand painted in order to keep the restoration authentic. More pictures of this beautiful piece of Americana can be seen on my hand lettering page.

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Wall Mural Of An Italian Garden

This mural is painted on a wall in a home in central MA. The house is a split level ranch, and the wall in the entryway between the upper and lower floors was very plain. The home owners wanted me to create the look of a window overlooking an Italian garden using a photo they provided. The mural is approximately six feet tall. Everything in this photo is hand painted except for the shutters. Those are real, and were cleverly attached to the wall by the customer after I finished the painting.

Hand Painted Lettering On A Beautiful Peterbilt Truck

This is one of many lettering and pinstriping jobs I've had the pleasure of doing for this customer. If you would like to see more pictures of this truck, please go to my hand lettering page by clicking on the "Hand Lettering" tab above. Thanks.

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A Wall Mural of Arizona

This mural is 5 feet high and 24 feet wide. The bottom of it is 8 feet off the floor. I painted it in a home in Central MA and it depicts a partially fictitious place in Arizona. It's completely hand painted with brushes. No airbrushing was involved. You can see a few more pictures of this mural by clicking on the "Wall Murals" tab above. Thanks.
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MURAL OF THE SERENGETI

This mural of a water hole on the African plains is about 5 feet high and 18 feet wide. I painted it in the early 1990's.

More pictures of this mural can be seen by clicking on the "Wall Murals" tab above. 

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A "Back To The Future" Wall Mural

This is a mural I painted on a garage wall. If you like, you can learn more about this mural and see more pictures of it by clicking on the "Wall Murals" tab above. Please do!
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A Tribute To Ed "Big Daddy" Roth!

 In the interest of sticking to true vintage style, my customer asked me to hand paint this Ed Roth "Hot Rod Monster" on the trunk lid of his rat rod. No stick on decals for this guy! The painting is fairly large at about 2 feet high. Please go to my "Other Things I Paint" page to see more pics of this car and to also see the other really cool idea this customer had for me to paint for him.
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Small Hand Painted Wall Mural Of Ricky Carmichael Dirt Bike

This is a relatively small wall mural that I painted on the office wall of a big Ricky Carmichael fan. The bike in the picture is about 3 feet across in size. I worked from some photos provided by my customer.

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A 1970's MACK "CAB OVER" TRUCK

This is what I consider to be a very complete and fairly extensive hand lettering and pinstriping job on this old Mack truck. Please visit my "Hand Lettering" page to see more pictures of this truck and if you like, to learn a little bit about its history.

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A Hand Painted Mural Of The Old Stone Church In West Boylston, MA

I painted this mural on a hallway wall in a home in West Boylston, MA. For reference material, I used a few photographs that I took one peaceful early morning. 
The Old Stone Church was built in 1890 and less than ten years later it had to be abandoned when the surrounding land was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir. You can see a couple more pictures of this painting on my "Murals" page.
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Peterbilt With Hand Painted Lettering, Pinstriping, Graphics, And Even "Speedy Gonzales"!

I hand painted and airbrushed the lettering and graphics on this Peterbilt truck in early Feb. 2014. This was the 35^th out of 39 trucks I have done for this customer over the last 30 years. They are without a doubt one of my very best customers, and to me are just like family!

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2016 Dodge Utility Truck

This photo shows just a small part of a pretty extensive lettering and pinstriping job that I hand painted  for my customer on his brand new Dodge Utility Truck. If you would like to see more pictures of this truck and see just how extensive the job was, please click on the "Hand Lettering" tab above. Thanks.
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Ford F-150 Pickup

Pinstripes everywhere! And flames too! I handpainted all of the pinstriping and the flames on this truck. The mate to this truck, a Ford F-250 which is owned by another member of this customer's family, can be seen by scrolling down through the posts on this page, and also by clicking on the "Pinstriping" tab above.
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Small Section Of A Mural

This is a small section of a mural that I painted on the side of a snowmobile trailer. In this picture, this part of the mural isn't finished. If you would like to see the rest of the mural, please click on the "Other Things I Paint" tab above.
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Close Up Of A Small Section Of A Mural

To see more pictures of this mural I painted and to learn a little more about it, please click on the "wall murals" tab above.
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2015 Dogde Ram Pickup Truck

Before I did any painting on this pickup it was just white and gold two tone. My customer asked me to emulate the classic Mopar stripe from the 1970's Dodge Challenger. All of the graphics and pinstriping are hand painted with a brush.
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Just a Little Fun!

Over the years I've pinstriped five or six vehicles for the owner of this pickup truck. He always asks me to do a little something inventive like these two little guys who are helping me paint the pinstripes on the rear quarter of the truck.
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Ghost Flames on a 1937 Ford

If you would like to see more pictures of this beautiful '37 Ford, and to see how I painted the ghost flames, go to my "Flames" page by clicking on the Flames tab above.
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Life-Size Painting Of  A Tree Frog

Click on my "Murals" page if you would like to get a better look at a life-size painting of this little tree frog.
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Eagle and American Flag

This eagle and flag are painted on the side of a tractor trailer truck hood. This painting is about 7 inches high and 10 inches wide. It's hand painted with a brush, in combination with a little airbrushing to add shading and dimension. I like to call these small pictorials that I paint for people, "smalls". If you click on my "Other Things I Paint" page you can see another "small" almost identical to this one that I painted for the same customer on a different truck.
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A Jeep With Painted Flames

My customer built and painted this Jeep himself. I think he did a beautiful job. He had me paint the flames with the same silver he used to paint the fender flairs. I added a little blue shading to the flames with an airbrush and then hand painted the blue outline around them. You can see a couple more pictures of this Jeep by clicking on the "flames" tab above.
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