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Autorama 2011

Autorama Detroit 2011 went by too fast! I always have so much fun pinstriping and meeting new people as well as catching up with old friends! I did a panel beforehand for the charity auction that's held to raise funds for charity, but my friend bought it before it even got there! I donated half of the proceeds anyway, and then I painted a second version (pictured below), which they auctioned off for over $200! yay! Lots of pinstripers from all over the US and Canada contributed their time and talent and this year's auction raised over $36,000 for Leader Dogs for the Blind. I just love doing something good and having a great time; what more could anyone ask for?

I think one of my most memorable moments of the whole weekend came when John Harrow and I had to make a mad dash from the basement all the way upstairs through the thick ocean of people just in time to literally *slide* into the group picture right as it was being shot! A moment later and we would have missed it! We were both laughing about it for a while while we caught our breath! We snaked in and out of the crown and ran whenever we found an open path, we both couldn't stop laughing! I was downstairs because John had invited me to take part in a panel swap he'd put together with about 9 people, we each did a panel and then drew numbers to see who would take whose panel home. What a great idea! I love the panel I got, and Scal got mine! Here's the one I did and gave away (pictured below).

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