De Bruyne’s impressionistic depiction of a motor car racing down the road at high speed is accentuated by a rainbow in the colours of the Italian flag and a winged goddess who seems to protect and guide the car during its rapid progress. We may assume that the car is of Italian origin. The excellent use of colour and the technique of letting the car flow into another form are characteristic of De Bruyne’s dynamic art.

De Bruyne aka Dexter Brown

De Bruyne, also known as Dexter Brown, is a British painter who studied at the Harrow School of Art. He has two ‘painter personas’: first, De Bruyne, an impressionist painter (best known in America) who focuses on the golden era of motorsport up to the Second World War. Second, Dexter Brown, the almost photographic to abstract artist (best known in England) who concentrates on the early days of motorsport through to the present day. As an artist he is renowned for his paintings of celebrities and racing cars, with commissions from companies such as Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls-Royce and British Leyland.