Larry Grossman's professional art career began at age 15, when he purchased his first airbrush and began hand painting T-shirts at custom car shows, occasionally working for the famous "King of the Kustomizers", George Barris. Moving from L.A. to Berkeley in the late 60's, he attended the California College of the Arts (CCA), where he studied filmaking and photography. "Rude Vagabond", an animated short film he made in his senior year won the Grand Prize at the CCA/San Francisco Art Institute Joint Film Festival, and toured nationally on the "Midnight Movie" circuit, which included showings locally at the Nuart and Vista theaters. After graduating with an MFA degree in Film and Photography, he returned to CCA for a brief stint to teach animation. During this period he produced two more short films, both of which won numerous film festival awards and were distributed nationally.

In 1981 the Walt Disney Studios enticed Larry back to L.A. to work as a consultant/designer on their landmark (first computerized) film, "TRON". Freelancing in the 80's, he produced many more illustrations for Disney, including posters for the animated feature films "Aladdin" and "Aristocats". Warner Bros. Studios and Dreamworks enlisted Larry to illustrate the logos for their collaborative, award winning animated TV shows "Tiny Toons", "Animaniacs", "Pinky and the Brain" and "Freakazoid". Meanwhile, Larry was hired by legendary musician Frank Zappa to design three album covers for him. He also created one for country music star Hank Williams Jr.. By the late 80's, Larry was designing and manufacturing innovative furniture and other interior design items for his firm, Art Attack, which were sold at L.A.'s Pacific Design Center and elsewhere.

In the early '90's Larry become enthralled with the creative potential of the computer, and consequently left his airbrush and paints behind. Shortly thereafter, Disney Studios again recruited him to do illustration, only this time digitally, as a full-time consultant for their newly formed Disney On-line division. During this time, he worked on the joint Disney/UNESCO sponsored Children's Summit in Paris, where he was televised live, worldwide, as he created the poster art for the event in real-time.

Larry's current work integrates many of his interests. His love of cars and hot rodding has endured since he was a teenager (his first car was a 1929 Ford hot rod), and he is once again doing design work for his very first employer, George Barris. He also recently created the poster for the 10th Annual Gilmore Heritage car show, held at the world famous Farmer's Market in L.A.

Another of Larry's passions is collecting antique items from the 1930's-60's: vintage clothes (which he often wears), furniture, and cars (he drives an award winning 1961 Nash Metropolitan convertible, which he restored himself). Never without a camera, he has a huge catalog of photos he's taken over the years, often at car or air shows. At one time these photos served as reference for his illustrations, but now he is utilizing them in an entirely new way. The result is several series of unique, digitally collaged photographs. One series, entitled "The Movie Palace", is a collection of images of vintage movie theaters, which Larry has digitally "transported" back in time to their Golden Age. Using his computer, he first removes all contemporary items from the photos, and replaces them with authentic period details such as cars, stores and people. He even "restores" the theater's facades and neon marquees to their original splendor, using archival photos for reference. The "The Movie Palace" series combines many of Larry's favorite interests: vintage movie theaters (one of his films even played at "The Vista"); old cars; and vintage clothes (look closely and you'll even see Larry at several theaters). His other current series is entitled "Virtual Visions", in which he seamlessly melds an often unlikely combination of elements into surreal and captivating images, which, at first glance appear to be real.

Larry's art and photography have been exhibited at galleries nationwide, and many of his images are currently being published as signed, limited edition photo prints and Giclees, as well as posters and calendars.