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Rucker has spent much of his
adult life as a designer and drafter for various
companies. “My passion for cars came from my
father, who traveled the country racing motorcycles
before it was a popular sport,” says Rucker, who
now lives in Stanton. “He wanted a Ferrari and
through some friends was able to locate a 1949 V12
right-hand-drive with no muffler.”
He laughs as he
recalls the memory of flames shooting out the
tailpipe as they cruised down Coast Highway.
Rucker’s love of drawing
developed at age 11 but until recently was never
fully pursued outside of his work in drafting and
the occasional commissioned piece. “The attitude
back then was, ‘What good is drawing?’” he
says. “I didn’t think I could even draw a car,
much less a person.”
But that all changed a couple
of years ago. Not being one to shy away from a new
adventure, he put his pen to paper and quickly
discovered that what seemed impossible at first
could be accomplished if taken “a piece at a
time.” Soon, beautifully-captured dot-by-dot
portraits of classic cars with their owners were
being produced through the medium of pen and ink.
“If I was told I had 24 hours left to live,”
Rucker says, “I’d go home and start drawing.”
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