I AUTO CELLULAR SPECIALISTS CO. CELLULAR TELEPHONE STORE • INSTALLATION CENTER Cellular Phone of the Month NEC P300 An Artist's Affair With The Automobile CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ Section Editor A rtist Tom Hale focuses on the automobile as a work of art. "I'm trying to use the car as a canvas,"said Mr. Hale. The 1941 Buick, on our cover, is a photo of a 30 X 40 acrylic painting that epit- omizes Mr. Hale's philosophy. He uses the sheet metal of the auto as a canvas and creates a pain- ting keeping the integrity of the automobile while explor- ing color and reflection. Mr. Hale became fas- cinated with automobiles as a youth. Since he always en- joyed sketching cars, it was natural for him to attend and graduate from the Art Center School in Los Angeles. He began his artistic ca- reer as a designer of future cars working for Chrysler, General Motors and Ameri- can Motors. As much as he loved his job, he became frustrated as an artist in a traditional setting and began to paint. 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