As he climbs out of his multi-colored pale blue ‘66 Volkswagen Bug, covered in artwork and handprints, senior Evan Jaworski doesn’t mind the stares.

He is used to it by now.

“I always get a bunch of looks,” he said.

Jaworski has spent the last few years working on a car that is familiar to anyone who sees it.

“It was ugly and a little rusty,” he said. “So I took the whole car apart, sanded and primed it for the car paint.”

What students notice most are the prints.

“Except for one (that) is mine,” he said, “the hand and the footprints were all done by friends, strangers and family.”

He said decorating the car was a distracting job.

“It helped me get my mind off the other mechanical issues the car was dealing with,” Jaworski said. “The creative painting was a very enjoyable process. I would paint a small section at a time.”

Since he was in middle school, Jaworski knew what kind of car he wanted.

“I knew I wanted an old beetle ever since I was in the 6th grade,” Jaworski said. “(It’s) my dream car. I would never think of selling it.”

Jaworksi started looking for his car before he could even drive.“I looked on Craigslist just about every day for a car ‘67 or older,” he said. “It took me a couple of years before I found an for a ‘66 beetle for sale in Mesquite (and) paid $2,200.”

He took time to learn how to fix up the car.

“(I) went through a long process of learning about cars and fixing it up to be the car it is today,” he said.

Students and teachers alike are curious about the car.

“I love the blue bug,” teacher Dallas Williams said. “We often wondered whose it was because he has never taken an art class, but we knew he had to be somewhere in the Fine Arts Department.”

Williams said she notices the vehicle daily.

“It’s very creative and fun and that’s what makes good art,” she said.

His fondness for the ‘60s time period began in middle school.

“It all started in 8th grade,” Jaworski said. “I just started thinking, I wanna be a hippy.”

Even though his style is different, he said he doesn’t do anything to intentionally stand out.

“I appreciate it (the looks) but I try not to be the elephant in the room,” he said.

Jaworski, who can often be seen wearing a tie dyed shirt or a vest, looks through local thrift stores for his clothes.

“Mainly, I find most of my stuff (at) thrift stores and flea markets,” he said.

He said his parents are both supportive of his choices.

“My mom doesn’t really care, she likes the long hair,” he said. “My dad’s getting used to the idea but he’s never been demanding of anything.”

He recently purchased another vehicle.

“I want to live on a school bus (that) I got a off of Craigslist; it’s a ‘68 Crown School Bus,” he said.

Jaworski likes the carefree days of the past.

“I like (the ‘60s) because everything is simple,” he said.  “I think you can understand things and do things without needing a college degree and a computer.”