I've had this image on my desktop/facebook for a while now and I was wondering if anybody else has other paintings/stickers/sculptures/perhaps even literature about bicycles that they'd like to share.

I write poetry/short fiction and I've had a project involving bicycles on the back of my head for a while now, perhaps I will share some of it with ya'll when the project comes to words, literally, ha-ha.

Here's the picture. It is Francis Bacon, "Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle," 1966.



Francis Bacon has more very beautiful work, ya'll should check it sometime.

^^^

Those are some of my favorites, too! Though my absolute favorite is the collection of self-portraits.


I was stoked to find a Francis Bacon piece partly on a bicycle.

Fabulous. Thank you.

Those are really cool!

Absolutely anything that requires any sort of artistic ability comes out of my store manager Anthony. Those prints are really very cool. Im getting a set for my condo. We're considering doing another run of them because art snobs are really getting into them. This is all new to me but people keep telling me how amazing they are for being screen prints. I just thought they looked cool. Im slowly learning this art appreciation thing.

Yeah, I love those prints - Anthony is amazing! Is each print numbered?

Only two sets for sale, eh? Betcha they will sell quickly.

<blockquote><cite> Velo Cult:</cite>Absolutely anything that requires any sort of artistic ability comes out of my store manager Anthony.</blockquote>

If I won the lottery, finished my education, and figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up, I'd open a coffee shop and figure a way to steel him from you. Not in that whole put him in a dungen type of way. As in, he's really good with people and art and all that stuff kind of way. My wife wasn't put off by him, and she nominally is always taken aback by most people I know.

Our screen printer a true professional and did most the work. He did show Anthony how to do it and let Anthony do some of the work.

you all have probably seen this if you ride around north park / south park / hillcrest... but i liked it alot and figured i'd share. this is on a green box on university just a lil south of park.

beauty in simplicity...

@ pacmule, haven't seen it! thanks for posting it, im gonna keep an eye out for it.

This is art in the popular culture context. Two old ads for Raleigh bikes.



And here's a wonderful answer to the question, "What is happiness?" from a 1920 Popular Science magazine. Page 119.

markphilips:We need more dedicated bike-highways like those in the Raleigh ads.

Just like in car ads where there is never any other traffic on the road.

Courtesy of http://cyclinginquisition.blogspot.com/

Shana has been making collages for our friends and family. This is the one she made me.

She personalizes each one, hence the bikes, quote from the reader, and all the beer stuff.

Here is a painting I just did for a local restaurant, not trying to self promote but thought you guys might get a kick out of it.

Thanks pac, it will be hanging up in a place called the 5 spot. They are doing a Portland themed menu. I currently have another hanging up there now but it has nothing to do with bikes.

<blockquote><cite> t.e.d:</cite>Nice piece!</blockquote>

Thanks t.e.d.

great work! if there is ever a day when i am not broke as hell i will have to buy one off ya for sure!

Seen in Copenhagen: An abstract sculpture on a public square, created from bike frames and encased in plexi glass. Glass inscribed with poems written by a local resident and poet, whose works often used the bicycle as a central element:

"I have felt
and thought
and longed
on a bicycle
and I think I will continue cycling
until death rips the saddle away from under me."
---
"I often look out the window
watching for the postman
as he parks his bicycle
at door after door
until he reaches mine."

(Translation)

Two from my bookmarks follow. First, a bicycle mandala:

Here is a much bigger 1600x1600 wallpaper-worthy version of the bicycle mandala.

Second, here's a photo which had been used freely on atxbs.com on 6/8/11 (as of this posting it's still there) to promote an Austin TX bicycle ride.
Though this image of two women on bicycles is no more risque than say that close-up of 5-6 men in their too-tight spandex shorts found embedded in another thread here, it should be noted that I've made this image click-able rather than embedding it here since THIS IS NOT WORK SAFE.
:face-devil-grin:

^^ love these! ^^

sykkelspruce:Thanks for the kind words as always Pac. I'm really pushing myself to do a lot more bike paintings this month and hopefully setup a little art show in the very near future.

http://www.openartscollective.org/press-releases/Open%20Arts%20Collective%20-%20Do%20Art%20Daily%20-%20San%20Diego%202012.pdf
Cara is setting this up again this year... we did it last year & it was a huge success! you should totally go for it! i am pretty sure i will be doing another song for it this year... it would be really great to have you on board!

Another new one, tried to mess around with different mediums this time.

So as I said, myself and a few other artists are putting on a gallery showing of bike inspired art in March (more details to come) and we are taking a few submissions so other people can show their bike art. Figured I would post something up on here in case anybody is doing stuff like that and wants to get involved a little. You can email me @ BrakeFreeClothing@gmail.com or there is a link on our website under the artwork section (disregard all the legal BS, that's mainly for out of state submissions so nobody tries to sue us because of course, this is America and people love to do that.) So if you want to show off some bike art you've done, hit us up.