The Making of My ARTCRANK Poster – 2011

I love bicycles. I own nearly a dozen. I love the freedom I feel flying down the road on two tires the width of my thumb. I love the exhilaration of climbing a mountain and of dropping down the other side, nimbly leaning and diving into corners. I love freezing my fingers and toes to be the only one out on the road. OK, to be honest, although I still love bicycles, these days I very rarely get to experience what I love about them. I desperately need an outlet.

Luckily there's ARTCRANK. Thirty artists are selected to express their love for bikes in any way they choose, the only limit being what can be printed on a 25x20in piece of paper. The short of it is that I ended up being one of the thirty artists selected for ARTCRANK - St. Louis 2011. Here's how I made my poster: