#243 Motorcycle Headlight #243 Canvas Print

My buddy came out from Georgia to visit me in Roseville and we stopped by his favorite motorcycle shop in Citrus Heights. The Victory motorcycle shop is owned by Gino Pilolia who is noted for his modification of bikes. I saw a customized black Harley Davidson Road King for sale in the show room. The contrast between the black bike and the white light struck me. The chrome reflected colors of other bikes nearby and I increased those colors for this mixed media painting. It is a watercolor painting with ink for the deepest black portions.

My search to find my biological family was the genesis of my journey into the world of art. When I finally found my birth family, at the age of 40, I was plunged into a new and very different family. On one occasion while talking with the father I had never known, I discovered that my great uncle was the renowned watercolorist Dong Kingman. Fatefully discovering a cheap watercolor paint set, and intrigued by my relationship with Kingman, I wondered if I had inherited any of his talent. This lingering question spurred me into trying to paint. My first challenge was deciding what subjects I would paint. As a fan of Van Gogh, and knowing that he painted images from his day to day life: houses, fields, people working, I decided to do the...