Few activities are more exhilarating than discovering the world around you on the back of a motorcycle. More importantly there is the sense that you are part of the landscape, out in the elements verses traveling in some four wheeled techno-pod isolated from it. As for myself, the solitary hours spent riding, thinking, taking pictures, and rediscovering the places I’ve driven by a million times before, helped me developed a better sense of perception. Many of the roadside buildings and scapes that are in my paintings were found while riding a motorcycle. The freedom and independence of riding a motorcycle remains a highly personal and unique experience. This oil on canvas was painted in 1999.