bikers, shreveport, 2011 / mural study

bikers, robert trudeau, shreveport, 2011 / mural study, a photo by trudeau on Flickr.

Riding a bicycle is one of my great pleasures. And I'm an advocate for biking to the store, biking to work, biking on historic tours, etc.

Thus watching the bicyclists of my community is an avocation.

What I love most is what you might call an Art Bike. Wheels festooned with cards and bottle caps and reflectors, frame painted gaily, excessive mirrors, bells and brackets fastened to handlebars and over fenders. Sometimes the frame is modified, too.

I've been working on a public art idea . . .
I want to paint silhouette murals of riders resting alongside their bikes. Just to seed the idea of biking. And to to remind people that we bikers are on the streets and need the care of the auto and truck driver.