We had paint crews in several locations in Detroit while working on the movie, 8 Mile staring Eminem.
During the time the Detroit Stamping Plant was being prepped for filming, I was working in a trailer park located on 8 Mile Road, which was the dividing line of the have’s from the have-nots. One of my co-workers told me that he thought I would enjoy painting it. Unfortunately, the only time I saw the location was the time we stopped by the plant at the end of a work day to pick up the crew working there.
I sat in the back seat of our crew cab and did the pen & ink sketch in the few minutes it took the crew to load their tools and equipment. I did the watercolor from memory when we returned to our hotel.
I could only see two drawings. I think I might have seen the set before, but I think the Harold Lloyd estate concept is masterful. If I were a Lloyd decendant, I’d snap up that drawing immediately. In fact, I think a lot of industry insiders might love that drawing.
The Detroit Stamping plant painting went missing, but now is found. It’s interesting that you like the Harold Lloyd drawing. That was the very last work of art I did on Stir Crazy. The architecture is accurate, but I let my imagination run wild in depicting it. I believe this is the first time I’ve shown it.