The classes didn't last long for either student as they both realized they had more ability and talent than their teacher. With his first job in hand he began taking formal art classes with his father at the Kansas City Art Institute. His sketching earned him his first job in 1957 with Doug Thompson and Ray Hetrick, pinstriping cars in their Kustom Kar shop in Kansas City. His father Paul Mann was a very large influence on him as he was an illustrator his whole life and a member of the prestigious Society of Scribes and Illuminators of London.ĭavid's sketches were heavily influenced by the rock and roll he was listening to, the Pacific Ocean rumbling nearby, its white sandy beaches, the palms, the bikini clad babes and the custom cars and hotrods that paraded up and down the strip. He began drawing and painting at an early age, doing pencil sketches of cars while in high school. DUDEWORLD - DAVID MANN - BIKER, ARTIST AND LEGENDĭavid Mann was born on Septemin Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
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