Welcome to Peter Aschwanden's web site. We're offering T-shirts and posters featuring Peter's classic Sixties artwork from How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: the Manual for the Compleat Idiot and more. Besides his VW illustrations, be sure to check out his map of Old Santa Fe bordered with cartoons in his unique, humorous style as well as his Route 66 and Billy the Kid posters. We have also just added our new VW BUS T-SHIRT in brown ink on white, tan or blue.
On our Books Page we have added How to Keep Your Datsun/Nisson Alive to The VW Idiot Book, The Septic System Owner's Manual, The Velvet Monkey Wrench and The 1941-1959 Harley-Davidson Big Twins Mechanics and Owners Guides. All of these books were illustrated by Peter. Athough we don't offer these books for sale ourselves, on the Books Page you can find information and sales links for each book.
We've added new illustrations and paintings by Peter to the Gallery Page–including two from his Grapefruithead Series–so everyone can enjoy more of Peter's art. Peter was a painter and sculpter as well as an illustrator and we will continue to add more of his art from time to time. Please remember that all of the artwork on this site is copyrighted. We do like to encourage the non-commercial, creative enjoyment of Peter's art, but please ask us for permission before reproducing his art in any way.
Finally, we have started a Facebook page where you can find us under Peter Aschwanden and Flathead Graphix. Please visit us there to learn more about Peter and his art. We're planning a blog for the new year as well where there will be lots to read about Peter. We'll have pictures of his studio and eventually you'll even be able to hear him reading sections from his autobiography New York Stories.
