Painting Ideas While Cycling...

The idea for this painting came to me last week as I was riding (struggling) on my bike up Emigration Canyon.  Another cyclists went whizzing by like I was standing still (always makes one feel confidant- NOT!) and on the back of his jersey was this big eye ball.  I thought it looked cool as it disappeared around a bend in the distance. As I continued to struggle up to the top of the canyon on my bike and this idea started to take hold and evolve.  The idea of a crank inside the eye just sounded like a fun challenge and a possibly wonderful poured watercoloring adventure.  Here's the result of all that thinking as I struggled to climb the canyon on my bike...

"Dilated Chainring"; A Poured Watercolor on 10" x 14" Cold Pressed Paper.

And a BIG Thanks to my friend Jay for helping me to name this artwork; another challenge for me in some cases.  When he mentioned this possible title I thought- PERFECT!  Please feel free to give me any feedback on this interesting bike art work, and thanks for stopping by!

A Psychedelical Direction...

I went in a bit of different direction this last week.  I wanted to try some new ideas and work in an abstract type of form.  I also have been itching to get the liquid watercolors out again.  So in the mix of creating, this is what came into being...

"Psychedelically Cranked!"; Poured Watercolor on 9" x 12" Cold Pressed Paper.

The real funny thing is that I would have shown this on my blog sooner but I couldn't think of a name for it.  So thanks to my friend, Kym, and throwing some titles around I finally arrived at a title.  I told her that sometimes putting a title to a piece of art is harder than doing the actual piece.  She didn't agree with my estimation! :)  I welcome any comments and thanks for stopping by.

A Groovy Red Bike...

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"Cycle of Red, Yellow & Tye Dyed"; Poured Watercolor on 11" x 11" Cold Press Paper.

SOLD!!!

Yes, you may recognize this bike as being in another form in another painting.  Yes, it is based on the same sketch as the "Green Betty" painting but I thought it might be fun to do the same bike as a poured watercolor.  I also had new liquid watercolor paints that just came in and I was itching to try them. 

But I really did this poured watercolor with a bike ride in mind.  This year's Little Red Riding Hood Bike ride has a Groovy theme. What's Little Red Riding Hood Bike Ride?  It's an all female bike ride that takes place in the beautiful Cache Valley in Northern Utah.  This bike ride has been going strong for 25 years and has gained popularity.  In fact, when it opened registration this year, the available 3500 slots sold out in less than 2 hours.  I'm going to have a booth at the ride this year.  I thought it might be fun to display some of my bike art along with some of my bike art on cards.  So thus I am gearing up, or cranking up (bike terms), with some bike art to show.  In other words, you'll be seeing more bike art in the next couple of months.