JoAnn Bortles is an award winning custom painter, airbrush artist, car builder, journalist, and book author with over 30 years of experience in the automotive industry.

JoAnn has won numerous awards for her work including some of the top custom painting awards in the country. In 1998, 2005, and 2012 her work won Best Motorcycle Paint of the Year. A '39 she flamed won PPG’s Top Five Most Outstanding Paint Award in 206. Her work has taken home many Best of Shows and First Place awards around the World, including several “Best Paint” and “Best of Show”, at the Goodguys Car Shows. And many Best of Shows and First Place awards at the Easyriders and Harley Davidson Bike Shows.

Our prices are very reasonable. Each job is individually designed with for the customer, their budget and project. JoAnn stands hehind her work and all work is guaranteed 100%

 

 

 

 

Our paint work has been featured in Street Rodder, Hot Rod Milestones, Hot Rod, and other automotive publications. Our work has also appeared in nearly every bike magazine and on the covers of many magazines, including American Iron, Easyriders, VTwin, Biker, In the Wind, Auto Graphics. Her custom chopper was featured on the cover of Easyriders in Sept 2004, making her the first woman to have her own personal bike appearing on the cover.

JoAnn has appeared on a number of TV shows, including Motor City Masters, The Today Show, NBC News, and Powerblock's Muscle Car TV, where she and David painted and flamed a Factory Five 33 Hot Rod.

We ship painted sheetmetal all over the world and have traveled across the US custom painting cars on location for customers. So no matter where you live, we can custom paint your hot rod or bike. For more info on our paint process click here. Each paint job is priced individually depending on the style and amount of artwork done. You are not limited to the designs you see on these pages. Check out the Youtube video below for a customer testimonial.