Los Angeles native, Larry Grossman began his professional career in the early ‘60’s at age 15 when he purchased his first airbrush.   Influenced by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, he began painting wild designs on T-shirts and selling them at events like "The Teen-Age Fair" at the Hollywood Palladium, and at numerous hot rod and custom car shows also while occasionally working for one of his heroes, George Barris, “The King of the Kustomizers”.   The income from this work enabled Larry, in 1964, to buy his first car, a red, "Vette" powered, ‘29 Ford hot rod.

Moving from L.A. to Berkeley in the psychedelic 60’s, he studied film and photography, graduating from the California College of the Arts, where he later taught film animation.   During this period, he also owned several successful businesses, creating silk screened t-shirts, leather clothes, and ceramic jewelry, all of which were sold internationally.

In 1981 the Disney Studios enticed Larry back to L.A. to work as a designer on their landmark first computerized film, “TRON”.   Freelancing in the 80’s and 90’s he created many logos, illustrations, and merchandise designs for major studios including Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks.   He also illustrated three album covers for legendary musician Frank Zappa, and one for Hank Williams Jr. as well as T-shirt designs and posters for IN-N-OUT Burger and Bob's Big Boy.

Partly as a result of his working on TRON, Larry became enthralled with the creative potential of the computer and by the 90′s had retired his airbrush.   He soon developed a unique process, combining digital airbrushing with his own photography.   The results are dynamic scenes that look “real”, but which never actually occurred ...…except in Larry’s vivid imagination!

Larry’s work has been exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide, including the famed Petersen Automotive Museum, The National Hot Rod (NHRA) Museum, The National Automobile Museum, the Gene Autry Western Museum, and the Museum of Neon Art.   Coming full circle, Larry recently created the cover art for the final book on his old pal George Barris.