Art

Motorcycle art

I really enjoy drawing- and motorcycles. I enjoy drawing them because, much like a bicycle, I consider them to be functional art and you can see all the mechanics. I especially like racing bikes as they are so clean without all the lights and mirrors that street bikes have.

The drawings shown here are (in order) the Britten V1100, Cagiva V591 GP bike, Honda/Elf 2 experimental endurance racer and Harley VR1000 race bike. Out of the four drawings the Britten V1100 is my favorite. John Britten was an incredibly talented individual- many of his engineering concepts had been done before but he was one of the first individuals to pull them all together into a very competitive machine that took on the big manufacturers. I gave this drawing to a neighbor of mine that lost his leg in a motorcycle accident as he’s a huge Britten fan and whenever we meet we always talk about motorcycle technology and design. I don’t ever sell drawings, this is just something I do for myself for fun and relaxation.

Paintings

Most of my painting work had been more abstract in nature, so on a challenge from a friend I painted an oil study of Ruben’s Venus and Adonis (about 57″ x 47″ -a fair bit smaller than the original size.) I painted this when I was around 24 yrs old and I had only done one other oil painting prior to this (all of my other paintings were done in acrylics.) It was a lot of fun researching Ruben’s methods of work, and I very much enjoyed working in oils. Unfortunately this poor quality photo is the only one I have of it as it was given away.