Artnotes: Motorcycle

 

Motorcycle Christmas Ornament  Laurie Fox Pessemier

On one of our first dates, Blair and I went to the rodeo in Ellensburg, Washington.   We stayed overnight on someone’s porch (a friend of a friend).   In the spirit of the weekend, I bought a motorcycle from the people who owned the place.  It was a Honda 90, and it came with 2 helmets.  They delivered it to the other side of the mountains for me (there’s Eastern (where the rodeo was) and Western (where Seattle is) Washington).  I rode it all around Seattle, sometimes with Blair and sometimes with my girlfriend Del.  It was big fun, but really I wasn’t a motorcycle girl and eventually it petered out into obscurity.  Blair and I became an “item” and traveled in his 1970 Saab. Last week, we visited the Ducati Motorcycle factory.  I had never imagined going there, but actually it was quite fun and inspirational, and our guest loved it.   I declined sitting on the big bike – I couldn’t imagine straddling that huge engine; our friend tried it, though.   We watched the movie on the history of the Ducati family business from bicycles onward.  Both Blair and I love product design, and Ducati didn’t disappoint.  From trendy colors to swoopy lines, you could identify 1940, 1970, and all the rest.  Material innovations (those bubble windscreens!) and the currently available electric powertrain inspire new designs yearly. I’ve turned some motorcycle images into Christmas ornaments – we are going to be in the Stimigliano Christmas Fair on 1 December.  I am making cardboard ornaments I can sell as a lead in to our bigger work.   It’s all I’ve been working on, thinking Christmas before Halloween.  We did buy a pumpkin for carving yesterday. Beef   Blair Pessemier  Acrylic/canvas 24 x 12"  60 x 30cm    490.00 I really did like my motorcycle, although I was happier riding “off road”.  It couldn’t carry us both up hills, either.     Somehow I can imagine powering through the forest here on that little bike, although I guess the forest wouldn’t be so nice with a motorcycle in it.    I’ll have to resort to walking with Berlino leading the way. Sign up for Artnotes by contacting me at lfpessemier@gmail.com INVITING All Artists to present their Work:   Paint, Literature, Crafts, Food.... Pessemier's Sunday Salon Weekly on Sunday  No Reservation Necessary   How it works: Bring a piece of your ART: that could be visual, like painting or printmaking; or literary, as in poetry or prose; or crafts, like metalwork or knitting; or food, or music.  Something you made, or feel particularly inspired by.  You have about 5 minutes to present, and we'll ooh, ahh, or answer questions you have.  You can also come and see how we work before diving in.  Just show up on Zoom at a minute or two before the hour.    No selling, no networking until after everyone has presented. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88093708954?pwd=M04zNHB4dFZkREp3bThweUd1YnVDZz09 Meeting ID: 880 9370 8954 Passcode: 886402