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Who are all the best painters in the country.

BOBBY SPRING ( Psycho Colors ):ernaehrung004:

your using him... Dean....

taod

Taod

Who painted the 32 Spectre Cat that was in the LA Boat Show.

Harold @ Grafikworx lays down the paint that lasts!

Very classy designs that flow with the lines of the boat.

Jake and Steve @skater.

Dave Hunter @ Invisions

Mitcher T, enough said!:ernaehrung004:

INXS Motorsports; the in house paint and restoration arm of ActiveThunderBoats.com

Painting our boat right now is Richie Rich and Marty from invisions. Rich is a true artist and Marty can come up with some wild designs! Richies has done work for us before and does a superb job. Both used to work for Cigarette before Skip got rid of everyone! Harold from Grafixworks is also the man!!

I'll throw in Mike Lavalle of Killerpaint.com
he's been doing all my toys for years

Although people have & will continue to say that --- is the best or --- is the best. The question of who is actually the best is not really one that can be answered in my opinion.. There are Way to many factors & I realize that your question wasn't really looking for a one person answer.. I could be totally wrong but atleast I didn't read it that way ??

Anyways I will say that as a custom painter myself I Highly respect those that have been named !! I haven't seen work from all of them but allot of them I have & they do some awesome stuff to say the least !! The average person has absolutely no clue as to what all goes into some of the stuff that they look at & go wow thats pretty !! Whether it be a boat , a bike , or a hotrod car, or whatever.. I would be willing to say that everytime a project leaves anyone of those shops that a piece of the artist goes with it.. I know first hand that it takes alot out of you & its all to often a labor of love. (or atleast it has been for me)

Not trying to start #$@% but I glanced at a thread here a while back were somebody was blasting Dean @ TAOD & I have to say I have done this stuff my entire life, though not consistently at the leval Dean & his crew has but I have had the privilage of having my hands on alot of really cool projects in my short 33 years of life & I have achieved my share of success but I learned a long time ago that not everyone can be pleased no matter how hard you try , or what you do to make it right Period... Again I am in NO way trying to start any crap , get in a pissing match ect.. Nor do I know or even care about the particular situation that was mentioned in that thread, But I will say that as a painter Dean is Highly respected in my book & I am also confident that he has a shop full of others there that likewise have my respect !!! Along with the others mentioned earlier in this thread..

I was at Skater several weeks ago. The quality of the paintwork that these guys were doing was impressive. Actually everything that was being built in that shop was very cool.

Mark @ Visual Imagination:ernaehrung004:

www.customeimagemotorsports.com

Omaha, NE

Cover of Powerboat July 2008!

I to have been painting something mostly collision..for the last 30 years. I do corvettes, vipers, ect some of them are in national mags now.. just saying of all the painters Ive seen Dean blows they away.. I have had boats painted by some of the painters listed here..(not by choice)
His lines are perfect & the clear is perfect.. without fish eyes runs, ect... + he uses the top euro. paint that will stand the test of time.. big differences in paint material quality..

I have not seen the skater paint btw..but im sure its nice as well..

(ok send my ck Dean lol)
Jeff
www.jeffsautobodyshop.com

there are many extremely talanted painters out there...Price is always a deciding factor. I like the guy that can design their graphics and paint as well. I feel Visual Imagination does the best job at the moment. Mark's finish and small details is one of the best in the industry.

Very well said.

I agree:drink: Hammertime, Spine Tingler, Speed Racer, Batman. All works of art:cool:

The MTI factory is painting some nice stuff inhouse too.

I can't think of his name, but the guy at LOTO is pretty salty too:cool:

Bubba ya'll talkin bout Vincents Custom Paint in LOTO ???:ernaehrung004:

I think there are several talented painters, but doesn't it really come down to how much you are paying them and how much time are you giving them to complete the job. Huge budgets and lots of hours can have spectacular results from any of the mentioned painters.

He's probably my current favorite right now. I like all of the ones mentioned as well.

Steve at Skater did a fantastic job for my tastes on my boat. :cool:

Is that who painted your 4300. Looks sharp with the exterior and interior. Not a typical color that you see.

Eddie Guardado in Miami has painted almost all my boats.

No...Paul from Nor-tech painted my 43..He did a beautiful job and the price that was paid was extremely fair. I kept everything in house this time and it went super smooth as well as fast. Paul also painted the new 40 roadster cat as well as the 50 Gold Rush cat at the Miami show..the man has talant, and is easy to deal with. Would I have him paint my next boat.......yes...:cool:

next boat?:cool:

Whats up Gary. How are things?

Andy

Ocean Graphics painted all the Spectre's. Now the same team works in house @ Spectre in Fl., and will upgrade any make boat with the same quality from mild to wild. Countless Spectre cats and fishboats all wear graphics done @ Spectre/Ocean Graphics.
Call 727-546-3000

There is a guy by the name of Graham Batting....he was the in-house painter for Outerlimits. When they went to Taod, he started his own shop and began to do big ocean racing sailboats......if you have ever seen the Puma boat that is going around the world right now.....this guy is as good as they get.

Mark Morris - Visual Imagination....the best in my book...can't wait to see what the new boat he's doing right now turns out like, should be something special....looked great last time i stopped by...



https://www.visualimaginationinc.com/

Mitcher T!!! Best in the Business!!

Does anyone have the pictures on the 32 Spectre that was at the LA Boat show. Post them if you have any.

Looks like a nice job on your Nortech Cat. Post some pictures of the full paint job.

Met Richie recently when he was in town touching up a 38 Top Gun - Guy is talented...... just make sure you have a helluva step stool for him to reach the rub rail!!!

Just kiddin Rich - Damn good job on the 38 and the 50 NorTech ......

Capt Ross

I'm needing some work done also,Who else is out there?

Someone mentioned to me Paul at Nor-tech,I looked at few of them in the Emerald coast run.

Who paints the Cigs?

Rob:drink:

Rob, let me know what you want done. We could take care of it for you at the AT factory, and help you out with logistics for Key West.

THE flame man hands down bar none.

He doesn't know it yet but he's going to order a 50' turbine cat. :party-smiley-004: :D