Norm Dillinger, a Chico artistic mainstay whose unique pointillistic technique helps the city's art scene garner national attention, will be featured on "Offbeat America," a Home and Garden Television series.

Dillinger's a perfect match for this show, which, according to the network's Web site, "takes you places you've never been, shows you things you never knew existed, and introduces you to the people behind them."

Not only does he produce brilliantly colored acrylic works on canvas, but he's made at least three vehicles into works of art, giving a Toyota pickup (with camper), a Volks-wagen Beetle and Volkswagen bus complete makeovers, tattooing them over 100 percent of their bodies with intricate designs.

His home studio, Lumina, at 821 Orient St. -- call 343-1582 for an appointment -- is also adorned with plenty of Dillinger's works.

Now, his art will be shown to the masses.

"Offbeat America's" producer contacted Friends of the Arts' Debra Lucero for ideas on wacky, artsy homes. (Why "Chico" and "wacky" surfaced together, I don't know.)

Lucero e-mailed the producer about Dillinger, and she and Ashley Hamm visited and shot photos of his home. HGTV replied that it plans to visit Chico in the near future to record the segment.

HGTV may also spotlight other artists when they come to town on a date that's yet to be determined, Lucero said. For more on Dillinger, visit www.nav.to/afreshstart1.