A Q U A - M O B I L E
The AQUA MOBILE is the creation of Don Ehlen, a Seattle-based entomologist and educator. The car isa great example of a simple concept art car, basically just a great paint job, although 3-D features have begun to creep in: a fully inflated plastic blowfish atop the radio antenna, a crab creeping out over the rear license plate, and a red plastic lobster at the front.
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The AQUA MOBILE has been seen regularly with the Seattle Art Cars since its creation. It was seen in the Greenwood Seafair Parade in 2001, at the 2001 and -02 Blowouts in Seattle (where Don played a key role as Parking Czar), and at the shows at the Snohomish County Art Center in Everett on 9/13/01 and 5/26/02. Don also traveled to Houston, Vancouver, Minneapolis and San Francisco to show the car in the past year.Photos copyright © 2002 by Larry Neilson.