Evil Clowns

Acrylic with clear coat over top on PVC helmet

2008

This is a motorcycle helmet I painted for my Dad.  He me to paint something that reflected motorcycles and was unique.  I took my inspiration from the Hells Angels, because one of their "mascots" is the clown.  I took the clown image and ran with it making a clown at the front, and a clown at the back... both a creepy as I can possibly imagine a clown to be.  The background for the helmet it blue flames streaking back from the front over a black and gray hypnotizing swirl for the back clown.  The right side has the front clown's spiky lollypop and spidery cotton candy.  The left side has aged playing cards in which I have replaced The card identity with the initials TCMC, standing for True Colors Motorcycle Club, which my parents belonged to at the time.  I set up the suites so that the word "true" fell on the heart, and the word "club" fell on the club.  The motif of the King's appearance is altered to seem more like a rider.  He doesn't wear this too often because he's afraid of ruining it, but I have painted smaller details, like the Triumph logo and the American flag, on the one he does wear.