Archive for the 'Painters' Category

A Pin Up Getting Her Skirt Caught On A Harley-Davidson Flathead

David Uhl was painting “The Liberator” while in Daytona for Bike Week. This new masterpiece is David Uhl’s 5th addition to his ”Vintage Pin Up” series, and for your greatest pleasure I added a close up. 

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Daytona Bike Week. David Uhl Releases A New Commemorative Painting.

David Uhl is present at Bike Week, his booth setup at Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona and showing “Rebel Yell”, his 6th commemorative painting of the Florida event. “I wanted to speak to the ’40s again and illustrate the spirit of the rally from the perspective of being young at heart and throwing caution to the wind . Back [...]

David Uhl Pays Homage To Pappy Hoel Founder Of The Sturgis Black Hills Rally

Armed with his brushes and immense talent, artist David Uhl records a new important page of motorcycle history, J.C. Pappy Hoel on his beloved Indian motorcycle front of his Sturgis dealership. And of course it’s no accident that this superb painting is released the year the Black Hills Rally is going to celebrate its 70th [...]

The Birth Of A New Woman Of Harley

As I reported, David Uhl just released “Stella“,  his latest painting belonging to the series “Women of Harley”  But this time, for your viewing pleasure, David did something a little different. While he was painting he stopped every few minutes to take a picture of his progress.  All of these images have been compiled to create a fast-frame [...]

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Liquid Illusions Motorcycle Art

Long time I didn’t introduce you to a new painter. Darren Williams originally from Boston moved to St Louis in 1990 where he started his career as an illustrator and a part time painter at his stepfather’s body shop. He started Liquid Illusions in 1999 and during these last 2 years has painted a lot of [...]

Licks Cycles Custom Hand Pinstriped Biltwell Motorcycle Helmets.

The helmets are from Biltwell. The custom pinstriping or leafing (silver or gold) is hand drawn by some of the best in the business selected by Licks Cycles. They fit the Kustom Kulture lifestyle and you should own at least a couple for yourself and your gal and another couple to decorate your bachelor pad. [...]

How Women First Climbed Astride A Motorcycle

Last weekend artist David Uhl just completed a new painting called “Stella”. Below he describes the reasons why he created this new masterpiece.
“It has been 2 years since the introduction of Evelyn, the last piece in my “Women of Harley Series.” The Evelyn painting was a portrait of a seasoned rider on her way to [...]

Stella By Artist David Uhl. A Teaser.

It’s been two years since famous David Uhls painting named “Evelyn” has been released. And now David adds “Stella” to his Women Of Harley collection. He describes Stella as “not a seasoned rider but more of a rebel immersed in the changing attitudes from the Victorian Era to the Roaring ’20’s”. Harley-Davidson was a catalyst [...]

Viking Cycle Paint Art

During motorcycle events Custom builders are, like you, strolling the vendor’s alleys hoping to discover a new part or a new talent. 3 weeks ago I was a guest at the “Art Of The Chopper” exhibition party and discovered a local painter who surprised me because his range of  ”know how” is wider than most [...]

Brought Back To Life From An Archival Harley-Davidson Black & White Photo

Not only David Uhl is the best motorcycle inspired painter I have ever known but he must be one of the most prolific. Yes hard work is as good as talent and David has both exceptional skills and the obsessive desire to express on canvas as many motorcycles as he has ever seen in the [...]

Miss Behaven By David Uhl. Pin-Up Glamour At Its Best.

The newest painting of artist David Uhl was inspired by his visit last month at the Reno Air Races. Meaning that it takes him only one month to paint such a masterpiece? Some of you, like me who is a big fan of David’s work, will recognize the model as the same lady featured [...]

David Uhl Latest Painting

“Howdy Cyril, just got back from  the Air Races, always a rush if you like large horsepower displays. I debuted a huge painting of the Goodyear F2G, a Super Corsair. The only one flying in the world, originally designed to out-climb the Kamikaze before he could dive. It sports the largest piston engine ever developed [...]

Authentic Bomber Nose Art

WW2 US bomber nose art is a favorite to adorn the gas tanks and fenders of our retro looking custom bikes. For a few (big) extra bucks, your favorite air brush artist could extend the nose art theme from your bike to a panel to hang in your office. But it will never be on [...]

David Uhl New Paintings From Harley-Davidson Archives

In Denver, during the National Harley-Davidson Dealers Meeting, artist David Uhl released 3 new paintings inspired by the photography of   L.C. Rosenkrans, the first staff photographer for The Motor Company.
The canvas giclee edition size remains the same as in the past (12 prints plus 4 AP and 4 HC) and these usually sell out quickly.  [...]

Meet With Artist David Uhl In Sturgis

“If you’re headed to Sturgis this year, please come by and say hello. I will be at our gallery inside the Gold Dust Casino in Deadwood starting tomorrow through Sunday, August 9th. The Gold Dust will be selling the special Uhl Studios T-shirt designed for Sturgis/Deadwood this year. As you come out of Rapid City you may recognize one of the billboards [...]

Stefanie Aziere Pays Homage To Bonneville Racing

Intrigued by the racers she saw at the Legendary Bonneville Salt Flats, artist Stefanie Aziere-Sattler dedicated her latest painting to Land Speed Racing. It features one of the AMA National Land Speed Record Holders, Erika Cobb (18 years old, Mitchell, South Dakota), taking special care of her bike, making sure her windshield is clean, and [...]

Motorcycle Paint. Once You Go Flat You’ll Never Go Back…

Flat paint on bikes is back. At least since year 2000. To the point that manufacturers like Harley-Davidson & Indian Motorcycles (among others) noticed and are now offering respectively the Harley Dark Series models (since 1 year) and the Indian Dark Chief  (for 2010). And no, today’s right way to do a nice/long lasting scratch [...]

Gallery Of Legends At The Broken Spoke Sturgis County Line

Fine Art will be everywhere during this coming Sturgis Rally. And it’s a very good thing to see such an expansion of the artistic community (painters, illustrators, photographers etc) exhibiting their works during our motorcycle rallies. Jay Allen is adding a fine art gallery to the Broken Spoke, Sturgis County Line, located on route 79 [...]

David Mann Exhibition at Sturgis Monkey Rock

Sturgis Monkey Rock (formerly Thunder Road) has partnered with Segal Fine Art to bring the David Mann Museum Exhibit to the 69th annual event. The exhibit will feature over 50 David Mann originals, many not previously offered for public viewing, including the world famous “Ghost Rider” featured here. The collection of never before seen paintings [...]

2009 Sturgis Commemorative David Uhl Painting

 
 
 
 
 
 
The National Harley-Davidson HOG Rally is this weekend in Oklahoma City. During the event, artist David Uhl will unveil to all participants the 2009 Sturgis commemorative painting he just created. Worth noting and giving to this panting even more value is the fact that David is the model and that it is the first time that [...]

Sister Speed

A new painting from Stefanie Aziere-Sattler depicting 2 women racing each other.
 As a matter of fact The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Sturgis has requested a Print to be on display this year with the Special Women in Racing edition they have done on Laura Klock and Her Daughters, Erica and Karlee Cobb. Stefanie [...]

David Uhl Pays Homage To A Master Painter

David Uhl just released a painting tribute to John Singer Sargent who during his career tirelessly completed roughly 900 oil paintings and over 2,000 watercolors.  He was considered one of the elite portrait artists of his time, commissioned by the social elite in Europe and the U.S.  “Homage to a Master” is based on Sargent’s [...]

Elvis Presley And His Beloved 1956 KHK By David Uhl

Two years ago,  bronze artist Jeff Decker and painter David Uhl embarked on a new and exciting collaborative project with Harley-Davidson and Elvis Presley Enterprises. During Daytona Bike Week I reported on Jeff unveiling of his bronze masterpiece of a sculpted Elvis. David followed up with “American Icons” that I saw him painting while in [...]

David Uhl Tribute To “Red Dog” Warbird

This new piece by David Uhl was created to be a window into the past and hang next to the actual plane residing in a museum in Chandler, Arizona. In David’s words: “Ever since I painted “Ruth”, I have a special place in my heart for P-51s.  This plane is no exception. It is in [...]

The Revival

“As most of you know I was fortunate to be involved with the 50th Anniversary of S&S Cycle this past year. While attending the Awards Ceremony, where thousands came together to celebrate the company contribution and success in the Motorcycle Industry, a young man, the great grandson of S&S founder, climbed on the revived ‘’Infamous Tramp” [...]

Deland Museum 6th Annual Chrome and Leather Party & Ride

Residing in Florida or arriving in Daytona a couple of days before the start of Bike Week, travel a dozen miles west to the Deland Museum to participate to the 6th Annual Chrome & Leather Bash. The event will begin February 27, 2009 at 7 pm with the “Wear Your Best Biker Gear” and enjoy [...]

David Uhl New Commemorative Daytona Bike Week Painting

Daytona Pier. A stereotype image of Daytona, especially if you participate or visit the “Boardwalk Bike Show”. The new Bike Week release of artist David Uhl named “Daytona Ink” use this pier as the background of this new painting featuring a female biker tattooed by Nick Pugh. “Daytona Ink” marks the fifth commemorative Bike Week [...]

Show Me Yours

At the recent Barrett-Jackson show, David Uhl wowed everyone while creating “Show Me Yours”(of course we are talking about tattoos),  his latest print release. As with David’s Pin-Up series, this will be a very exclusive print release, a total of 35 canvas giclee prints, signed and numbered.  Image size will be approximately 20” x 24” [...]

A Message From David Uhl

“Greetings  to all eBay shoppers. I have a VERY special offering that has never been made before…..I have spent the last year and a half building a studio/gallery space in Golden, Colorado  (see image above) . Since we are nearly finished I have before me the arduous task  to organize all my prints. Looking through [...]

The Shooter By David Uhl

David Uhl is proud to announce the release of his latest masterpiece “The Shooter”.  A year in the making, this stunning work features photographer/bike mechanic Sara Liberte graced by the morning sun, ready to go to work shooting the rally up the canyon in Deadwood, South Dakota.  Sara actually sat for David out in front [...]