Jay Koka ORIGINALS: 2025

Ferrari 308GTB / FCA2025   |   Camo   |   Delahaye 135S at the Grand Palais (Paris)   |   Cobble Beach Concours 2025   |   Porsche 930-911 Turbo   |   Benz Group 2025 Turbo   |   1923 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost  |   That Way!
MARINE THEMES:    Marine

308GTB at Ballantyne ©Jay Koka

308GTB at Charlotte ©Jay Koka (poster art)

Ferrari Club of America 2025

Ferrari 308GTB 50th Anniversary

Title: "308GTB at Ballantyne"
28x36" acrylic on canvas
Title: "308GTB at Charlotte"
28x36" acrylic on canvas
by Jay Koka, © 2025
Private Collection

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ferrari 308GTB.

The "Charlotte Track" version has been selected as the official event and poster art for the 2025 Ferrari Club of America International Meet in Charlotte, North Carolina, US September 20 thru 26.

Published

Camo ©Jay Koka

Camo

Title: "Camo"
by Jay Koka, © 2025
48"w x 20", acrylic on canvas

I came across a wonderful Bugatti Type 35 at the 2023 RetroMobile show in Paris France. Don't know much about the car as it was just sort of "sitting" there, no signs, no people...
I take no credit for the car's attractive and interesting paint job which I present here -but with minor detail and color variations necessary to fit my concept. My immediate reaction to the car (other than the wonder of a Type 35) was the idea that the paint graphics could make it "disappear"... ie: camouflage... and that is exactly what I set out to do in this new work. The concept just stuck in my mind although it did take a while to get it done.
So here it is... an interesting and very different new work.

Delahaye 135S at the Grand Palais (Paris) ©Jay Koka

Delahaye 135S

at the Grand Palais (Paris)

Title: "Delahaye 135S at the Grand Palais (Paris)"
by Jay Koka, © 2025
34"w x 44", acrylic on canvas

Located between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, the Grand Palais is a historic exhibition hall and museum complex located in Paris, France, built for the Universal Exposition of 1900. A key landmark in the city, it features a stunning glass roof.

Designed from the outset as a Bugatti killer, the low slung and aerodynamic bodywork was exceptionally advanced for the era and offered a major aero-advantage over many of Delahaye’s primary rivals. Fitted with a 160bhp 3557cc inline six-cylinder engine the 135 S was exceptionally fast for its day. Among other successes, this car won its class at the 1936 24 Hours of Spa in the hands of its owner-driver Rene Le Begue.

This painting was originally painted in 2022 with a Ferrari. Not great... it was rolled up and set aside. A year later, the first Ferrari was replaced by a second one and again, it didn't work and the painting was almost destroyed. Given the huge amount of detail work in the background, it was again rolled and waited for its current... and definitely... final version.

Cobble Beach Concours 2025 ©Jay Koka

Cobble Beach Concours 2025

1924 Delahaye GL Skiff Torpedo by Labourette

Title: "Cobble Beach Concours 2025"
by Jay Koka, © 2025
28"w x 36", acrylic on canvas

This magnificent Delahaye GL Skiff Torpedo is owned by the Stahl Museum and was exhibited at the 2024 Cobble Beach Concours.

This painting is the event and poster art for fall 2025.

Published

Porsche 930-911 Turbo (at the house) ©Jay Koka

Porsche 930-911 Turbo

Title: "Porsche 930-911 Turbo at the house"
by Jay Koka, © 2025
44"w x 34", acrylic on canvas, Private Collection

A privately commissioned work featuring the spectacular 930-911. Not published.

Benz Group 2025 ©Jay Koka

Benz Group 2025

Title: "Benz Group 2025"
by Jay Koka, © 2025
36"w x 28", acrylic on canvas

Featuring a 1938 Mercedes Benz 540K Sport Tourer and 2007 Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren 722

Published as a full-size canvas print, see prints page

1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer by Merrimac ©Jay Koka

1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer

Title: "1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer by Merrimac"
by Jay Koka, © 2024
36"w x 24", acrylic on canvas

This wonderful 100 year old car won the "Tom Thomson Art Gallery Timeless Design" award at the 2024 Cobble Beach Concours. The award is named after the celebrated Canadian artist Tom Thomson (1877-1917). Thomson's work is unique and has a readily identifiable style. The award got me thinking: what if Thomson had lived to see the Rolls and decided to create a work based on this beautiful car. To be clear, Thomson's works consist almost entirely of landscapes, depicting trees, skies, lakes, and rivers based on north central locations in Ontario. His painting style is completely different than mine and I could only hope for and strive to attain his talent... but... here's my attempt.

MARINE THEMES