Show to honor Larry Zubrick - Boat T-shirt designer

Larry Zubrick of Bullhead City AZ was one of the best boat-related T-shirt designers I ever saw -- in fact, Larry was the one who did all the Mirage T-shirts of the 1990s. He also designed the shirts for Hot Boat Magazine and for many boat racing teams. He really knew how to draw hot boats in creative ways. He sold the company in 2003.

I was very shocked and saddened to hear of his recent death, as I'm sure a lot of people were.

Zubrick will be honored for his work next weekend:



ART SHOW HONORS LATE ARTIST

The late Larry Zubrick (front) and his mentor Donald “Putt” Puttman work side by side on their paintings in this photo taken before Zubrick’s death this past spring. The Larry Zubrick Memorial Art Show starts this Friday, October 27th at the Bullhead City campus of Mohave Community College. See story below. (Photo: Sean McMahon)

More Than A Screenprinter

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ - The Larry Zubrick Memorial Art Show, running at Mohave Community College from October 27th through November 10th, will feature acrylic and oil paintings by the noted Mohave County artist who died this past spring.

The public is also invited to the official opening of the show, which will be hosted by the Zubrick family and friends from 6 to 9pm this Friday, which would have been Zubrick’s birthday. His paintings will be displayed in the Student Center on the Bullhead City campus of MCC, open during regular college hours.

Zubrick was well known in the Tri-State area for his original screen print designs. He established Zubrick T-Shirts in 1985 and, until selling the company in 2003, designed concepts that were distributed nationally and internationally. His T-shirt designs were popular with the International Hot Boat, Jet Boat and Drag Boat associations.


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Works of late artist Larry Zubrick on display at local MCC campus
BULLHEAD CITY - The Larry Zubrick Memorial Art Show, running at Mohave Community College from Oct. 27- Nov. 10, will feature acrylic and oil paintings by the noted Mohave County artist who died earlier this year.

Zubrick died this past spring, but the last three years of his life were spent pursuing his life's dream of building his own studio and painting mostly in acrylics and oils. He enjoyed teaching portrait and figure drawing and painting in the art department at MCC.

The public is also invited to the official opening of the show, which will be hosted by the Zubrick family and friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct 27, which would have been Larry's birthday. The color, subject and impressionistic style of his paintings can be seen in Room 210 of the Student Center on the Bullhead City campus of MCC, open during regular college hours.

Heidi Heckman, formerly the fine arts coordinator and now the dean of Leisure Studies at MCC, considered Zubrick to be one of the most talented art instructors in the Bullhead City campus art department.

“He had a passion to inspire students and give them the gift of a strong fundamental approach,” Heckman said. “His knowledge of design and color was only surpassed by his enthusiasm for passing along his knowledge and experience to his students. Larry's students feel lucky to have had him as an instructor, and they will carry with them the techniques, approaches and artistic gems that Zubrick passed on.”

The greatest artistic influence in Zubrick's life came from his long-time teacher and mentor, fellow artist Donald “Putt” Putman. He met Putt while painting a mural on Zubrick's high school gym wall. That experience was a major contribution to his decision to pursue an education in art.

Zubrick signed up for Saturday classes at Chinard Art School and attended Pasadena City College.

He was also accepted into the Art Center College of Design. where he majored in advertising and illustration and sold his first T-shirt designs.

Zubrick was well known in the Tri-state for his original screen print designs. He established Zubrick T-Shirts in 1985 and, until selling the company in 2003, designed concepts that were distributed nationally and internationally. His T-shirt designs were popular with the International Hot Boat, Jet Boat and Drag Boat associations.

For more information on the display or on Leisure Studies classes at MCC, call Heckman at 928-704-7787.


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