Ten Years of Service

The white canvas pinstriping tent was barely up as I was getting ready for the York Factory Open House at Laugerman’s Harley-Davidson when I was approached by a biker. He was drawn by the winged horse with the airbrushed flames on the VW van I was unloading. He was curious about getting some decorative paint for his Harley. Busy with the assembly process, I assured him the rest of my display would be ready soon and then I could assist him with developing a personal design that would serve to make his bike stand out from the rest. He paused, put his hand on his chin and thought for a moment and then asked, “Hey, aren’t you the guy at Lazydays?”
I was taken back and amazed for a moment and then I recalled that last year, here in York, Pennsylvania, three of the HOG members in attendance reminded me that I had put a mural on their motor home years ago.
Next month, during November, is the tenth anniversary of the symbiotic relationship of Letterfly as the artist in residence at Lazydays. The artist’s background as an entertainer, combined with technical airbrush skills, pinstriping, lettering, graphic design, and pictorial brush painting abilities and the creator of custom paint schemes on virtually every vehicular substrate in existence brings the perfect combination of creativity and rapport to the delight of the visitors and guests. The 150 acre motor home and RV dealership is a destination for RV’ers to get everything for the coach; and, having an artist on site was just part of their vision. “ArtPark” is the prettiest place on the property, where the artist has his studio. Guests bring their motor homes, motorcycles and tow cars and camp out while the artist creates airbrushed wildlife scenes, patriotic motifs, pinline designs, graphic stripe schemes and custom painted images of all kinds.
Dog portraits are a favorite among the guests at Rally Park. Many times the visitors gather around the familiar yellow VW microbus, parked adjacent to an RV, and watch the artist hand painting a portrait of FiFi or Fido on the entry door.
The seminar “Rolling Art,…Why a Mural?” began as an extra value added service to enlighten and entertain the guests that may be considering custom art to enhance the appearance of their coach and has grown to noteworthy status. The lively and informative discussion has also been given to interested audiences at art guilds and HOG member gatherings nationwide.
The artist started in 1974 as a sign and pictorial artist in Michigan and his career shifted to motor home murals exclusively twenty years ago. The annual tour of Harley-Davidson stores, special projects in other states, rallies and events began as the result of a Lazydays customer who owns a H-D store in Iowa. The tour makes available to many clients, projects other than the motor home murals the artist is famous for. Now, wherever the artist is nationwide, our guests can commission additional painted works such as large murals in their homes in addition to the regular services of Letterfly.
With the summer tour over, the artist will once again be available to serve the variety of requests from the service oriented Lazydays sales staff, paint and repair personnel and the many guests and visitors that enjoy visiting the serene and joy filled atmosphere with Americas foremost airbrush muralist at “ArtPark.” The time is now to celebrate with us, Letterfly at Lazydays 10 years.
For questions, please have the switchboard connect you or call the artist on his cell phone at 813 505 5539 or email Letterfly@aol.com
Thank you and I look forward to the next decade as we join to serve the most wonderful clients on earth, our customers, Ma and Pa USA
Sincerely,
Dave “Letterfly” Knoderer