Nissan enters Guinness world record book, with largest glow in the dark painting.

• Nissan uses ‘Glow-in-the-Dark’ LEAF to achieve GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Largest Glow-in-the-Dark Painting title
• Artist Ian Cook, of Popbangcolour, used the tyres of the LEAF to drive the glow-in-the-dark paint across the surface of the canvas
• Guinness World Records™ has confirmed that the painting, measuring 207.68m², has broken the previous existing ‘Largest Glow-in-the-Dark Painting’ GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title
• Watch the film at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XABxnXnQOe4&feature=youtu.be

Nissan has broken the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Largest Glow-in-the-Dark Painting by using the Glow-in-the-Dark Nissan LEAF to paint a 207.68m² self-portrait of the 100-percent electric car.

The painting, depicting the front of a Nissan LEAF, was created by maverick motoring artist, Ian Cook of Popbangcolour. Usually seen working with radio-controlled cars, Ian was quick to accept Nissan’s challenge to work on this super-sized project, using the full-size Nissan LEAF to spread strategically placed pools of glow-in-the-dark paint across the canvas with its tyres to create the image.

The successful attempt was overseen by an official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS adjudicator Fortuna Burke and awarded the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title on 20 March 2015.

Fans can watch the record attempt, which was filmed throughout, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XABxnXnQOe4&feature=youtu.be

The painting, which took more than 61 hours to create, has been painted using more than 60 litres of luminous acrylic paint, on a giant PVC coated canvas.

The innovative finish applied to the Nissan LEAF absorbs UV energy and other visible radiation during daylight hours and glows for between eight and ten hours when the sun goes down; making it the ideal tool for the glow-in-the-dark painting.

Cook comments: “This has been one of the most challenging paintings I’ve ever been asked to create – but it looks fantastic!

“The full-sized glow-in-the-dark Nissan LEAF is one of the more extraordinary things that I have used as a painting tool.”

The Nissan-backed painting beats the previous record of 164.6m² (1771.73 ft²) set by Saint Lucas, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on 23 January 2014.

British Artist Tim Layzell reimagines the F-TYPE

The Jaguar F-TYPE Coupé has been immortalised on canvas by one of the world’s leading automotive artists, Tim Layzell.

Ian Callum, Jaguar’s Director of Design, said: “As a design team, it’s paramount we create Jaguars that make people smile. As Tim’s art also makes me smile, asking him to produce a painting to commemorate the launch of F-TYPE Coupé was a natural fit – and the resulting work is very special indeed.” 

Tim Layzell, began his career at just 13 years of age when his work was recognised by the British Racing Drivers’ Club. 19 years on, Tim’s work sells to collectors worldwide. Jaguar has always been a favourite manufacturer for Tim – one of his BRDC award winning paintings was of the 1953 Le Mans-winning Jaguar C-type – so the opportunity to get involved with a project around F-TYPE Coupé was immediately of interest. 

“I was, of course, very excited,” said Tim. “To me, the F-TYPE Coupé is everything a sports car should be: beautiful, fast, and it sounds amazing.

“The angle of the Coupé that I’ve chosen to paint shows off some of what I feel are its most exciting design cues; the tail lights, the deep-draw rear wings and its dramatic roof line. I wanted to paint it in a situation we’d all love to be in, driving through the mountains in late afternoon sunlight and shadows, while perhaps chasing another piece of exotica, in this case the F-TYPE Convertible!”