Acrylic painting on an 11-inch x 14-inch board.
In the 1930s, my father did “hill climbing,” or off-road motorcycling. I have photos of him hill racing in Massachusetts. I never knew he was a Harley-Davidson driver or my mother loved Harley’s. They never talked about it. One of my aunts (Bertha Hassard) told me the story a few years ago. I’ve wanted to paint something that reflects my father’s love of motorcycle racing.
I used the red you see as the ground and fully intended to cover it with the painting. After drawing the motorcycle on the board, I mixed a violet with some white and just mixed it around…After painting the motorcycle, I decided not to paint over the red ground but instead leave it as the background for the Harley.
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