Dexter Brown is one of the foremost artists in the automotive field. His dynamic abstract style is familiar to many motorsport fans but, under the pseudonym of de Bruyne, he also produces impressionistic works of the Edwardian era, when motoring was new.

This biography, illustrated with a wealth of full-color examples of his paintings, discusses Brown's art school and early influences, his first work and the development of his style and his juxtaposition of the erotic with the mechanical.