New Sam Bass site: Although motorsports artist Sam Bass relocated his gallery and design studio to a new facility across from Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 2000, Bass announced recently that his business is expanding again. To the 10,000-square-foot building Bass is adding100…megabytes? While one-tenth of a gigabyte may not seem like much – hardly a blip on the hard drive of a new desktop computer – it’s the Web site residing within that Bass expects to spark the interest of race fans and art collectors alike. Sambass.com has been newly built for ease of navigation and downloading speed. It is well-stocked with news about the latest releases, information about the artist, and, of course, hundreds of paintings and car designs created by Bass. “A lot of people who buy our art don’t live close enough to conveniently visit us,” said Sam Bass. “This new site will give those folks a chance to ‘look around’ the gallery and even purchase a fine-art print or poster without leaving their house.” Brad Bowling and Brad Spry – two Concord-based Web developers who build sites as “The Brads” – created sambass.com with supervision from Bass’ in-house graphics specialist Phillip McCollam. “We realize that not all race fans are comfortable getting around the Internet,” said Brad. “Our whole approach to designing a site for Sam Bass was to make it as simple as possible, but still have an elegance that constantly reminds the viewer that he is looking at an art gallery and graphic design firm.” For more information about Sam Bass’ motorsports art and latest race car designs, visit the new Web site at Sambass.com.(5-21-2002)
