Triton

This is a painting from about three years ago of a Triton motorcycle. As with most Tritons, it's a Norton Featherbed frame with a Triumph engine, in this case a 3-cylinder Trident engine, which of course is a BSA engine really! Rather than the usual bare alloy tank, which can be somewhat brash, this one is attractive in having a classy black tank with gold pin striping.

The older motorcycles are a treat to work in paint. Modern bikes tend to be a mass of plastic but go back about thirty years and you have all the tones of the different metals and all the engineering details on display. I like painting in a loose style and it's a challenge to do that with a motorcycle whilst retaining the details that the enthusiast likes to pour over, such as the finning on the engine.

I feel I've got the balance right in this work.