Liquid IllusionsSaint Louis, Missouri
Just ask for "Darren" is how this one came to us. After seeing a few of the bikes painted by Liquid Illusions, we started to ask who painted the bikes and were given a number and told to just ask for Darren. When we called and asked, we got Darren and found out that he's been painting things his whole life. As a kid, if he could get his hands on some paint he was painting something-anything. It was not long before all the bicycles in the neighborhood were done up and he moved on to cars and motorcycles.
He started getting a real paycheck from his stepfather as a painter in his body shop. By 1998 he made the transition to painting custom bikes and started Liquid Illusions. However, he still loves to get his hands on other things, like guitars, goalie masks, cars, trucks, and pinstriping jobs. When asked what he was looking forward to in the upcoming year, Darren said, "Every week brings in a new project to the shop and a new creative challenge. A few of the noticeable jobs in the shop right now range from goalie masks, a kid's piggy bank, a full blown custom chopper-can't say whose it is right now-and I'm restoring a pre-Civil War bank safe. So I look forward to it all; just give me something to paint and I'm happy."
For more information, contact Liquid Illusions at (314) 481-4880, and to see more samples of his work visit http://www.liquidillusionsart.com