Moto Head

The third panel in my ‘skele’ series started with a starred helmet grizzly cycle dude. This piece had to be simply ink on top of that burnt sienna oil wash. What is most insane about these panels and is in complete regard to these characters diabolical nature is the story of how I acquired these wood panels. When I had my old live/work studio on Seaview I had a temporary flatmate who was already living there prior to me moving in the space. I never saw this dude except maybe twice in the first month. He worked the graveyard shift and I might catch him coming through the studio hallway in the morning. Of course I was just getting up and he was coming home and reeked of booze and stunk like he just left a burning building.

He was well contained to his room where he smoked incessantly without open window or ventilation. The dude was straight up scum and tainted all he came in contact with. So he moved out…actually we kicked him out (with notice mind you) and when we opened the door to his chamber there stood 4 feet tall what would be considered a small portion of toxic landfill! 4 truckloads of garbage to the dump, about 20 contractor size garbage bags, and a light dowse of napalm later, his dirtbag storage space was cleared. There was one hard wood shelf that was left standing. After several douching sessions to remove the thick film of nicotine I got these beautiful wood panels. There is a ridiculous sub-story regarding one of these panels that damned near killed me…I’ll save that for another post!