This 83-year-old minister gives away hand-painted seashells

DANSVILLE, Mich. (InvestigateTV) - Gil Ames calls his Chevy Equinox a $34,000 canvas. The vehicle is painted all over, including tigers on the side.Inside his home in rural Ingham County, actual paintings on canvas line the walls. Ames made all the picture frames and did all the paintings himself.Some of his work mimics the masters, including Blue Boy. Other pieces feature his faith, such as Christ at Gethsemane.An ordained minister, Reverend Ames has not let anything get in the way of his passion for painting. He volunteered with the Red Cross at 52 national disasters, including ground zero in New York.He also spent 25 years as a long-haul truck driver. He pivoted to something more portable to paint on during that time.“So that’s when I started painting eggs,” Ames said.He paints wooden eggs with intricate scenes. Every single one has an angel in it someplace, he said. He also paints thumbtacks, each with an angel.Ames keeps his own thumbnail painted with an angel design.His wife Orma