Peter Aschwanden

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Peter Aschwanden (October 4 1942 - December 3, 2005) was a New Mexican artist and illustrator whose work was emblematic of the 1960s generation's freewheeling spirit. [1]

Aschwanden gained national prominence when he illustrated a series of auto-repair manuals beginning with the 1969, now-classic book How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot, written by John Muir and Tosh Gregg. The independently published book sold about 2 million copies and is now in its 19th edition, according to Richard Polese, executive director of the New Mexico Book Association.

Aschwanden also illustrated the sequel to the original 'Idiot' book entitled, How to Keep Your Volkswagen Rabbit Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot, written by Richard Sealey and published in May, 1980, by John Muir Publications of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Some of Peter's work can be seen on www.peteraschwanden.com[2]