Scenes from the Toronto Motorcycle Show....

A few weeks ago I was thrilled to attend the Toronto Motorcycle Show. I doubt there is a better place to see and photograph some of the most incredible custom cycles around. We arrived right as the door opened....so I was able to get in nice and close to the bikes before the crowds made it challenging. Many of the bike owners were still polishing their bikes and getting everything set up. It was fun to get to talk to them.....so proud they were of their bikes!


I was also happy to get to talk to some of the airbrush artists....the work on the bikes was incredible. The bike on the top had hundreds of skulls painted in a swirling pattern.....differing layers of red and yellow overlapping to create a 3-D effect. The photo barely does it justice.

The bike on the left was inspired by the "Underworld" movies. Scenes and characters from the movie were all over every available surface.....the amount of detail work was amazing.

The bike on the right offered quite a surprise to me. I recently completed a painting of this bike....it's easy to see it on my website. However, I noticed that some changes had been made since I had seen it the previous year. Blood drips, for one!! I had spent SO many hours staring at my photos of the bike while painting it, that I spotted the additional "blood work" immediately! A real work of art.

These photos are only a few of the over 300 I took at the show.
I wish I was able to do a painting of each and every one.