The rider’s fans must be able to recognize
their champion quickly and easily so that they
can cheer the rider on to victory or agonize
with the rider in defeat.
Minino’s trademarks are evident and no
less commanding in this new format. While
the gas tank has been swapped for tubes,
the characteristic earth tones of golds, cop-
pers, and greens are all present and just as
impactful. His creative pinstriping highlights
images of foliage, complete with mushrooms
and marijuana leaves, and patterns suggestive
of small stones at the bottom of a riverbed.
Minino’s effortless ability to adapt his work
to different surfaces reinforces his perspective
that, whether gas tanks, helmets, or bicycle
frames, in his mind they are all “just another
canvas.”
Knights are a romantic icon of a past age. He-
roes no longer ride on horseback through a
cinematically-perfect countryside to defend
the helpless or to defeat mythical dragons. All
that remains are the fantastic tales of their ad-
ventures and the armor they wore defending
land and liberty. Richard Minino’s artwork
ensures that, not only the legends, but the
very souls of heroes past live on in the herald-
ry of modern motorcycle culture as today’s
bikers carry their colors and their crests into
the future.
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