January, 2011

Three Choppers (9 x 12 watercolor) $150

A couple of Sundays ago I spotted a group of perhaps a dozen RUBs (Rich Urban Bikers) haveing coffee at Starbucks.    The parked bikes obscured  some but not all of the leather clad men.   The image is grand, but I expect it will be difficult to paint the men, the men seen through the chopper windshields, and choppers all at once and still get it right.   So started with just three of the bikes and Starbuck’s window.

I hardly ever paint real black black black.  I find it makes a dead spot in my paintings so I always use dark blue, purple, maroon, or green instead.  This time I opted for dark purple and dark blue.  Having painted purple bikes, I decided to use the wall to make it a complementary color scheme.

I like it.  My preteen girls hate it.  They hate the subject, the colors, and everything else.  I think they are thinking of the Hell’s Angels and drug gangs, but I’m not sure.

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