Kayla Koeune of Inferno Art Studio

Labor Day Weekend at the Museum It has been a few years since I have shown art at the Harley Museum so when I found out Heyltje Rose was going this year I jumped on the chance to share a booth with her. Our hand crafted motorcycle goods have a tendency to compliment each other rather well and, with the added bonus of seeing her face for a week, it made the prospect of the journey irresistible. So with quite a bit of preparation I loaded up the Art mobile and drove to Milwaukee to Hustle Art during the 115th Anniversary party. A few things changed this time around. Firstly, the museum extended the hours of operation so we had to be present from 9-9. Pretty long days, which denied us the opportunity to visit friends, but at least we got to spend a lot of time together to catch up and developed some pretty stellar ideas. I would tell you about our magic brain children but sometimes the million dollar ideas needs to be kept secret. Haha...  Secondly and most imp...

What started as doing a fun drawing of a woman motorcycle rider clad in a helmet and scarf has developed into a series of pieces. Inspired by pop art and early poster art these women are bold and depict the reality of a rider. There is an overwhelming majority of photographs and paintings of women on motorcycles depicting them half naked and sexy as hell.. which is great for those women and I know boobs sell... but I am just not one of those ladies. When I get on my motorcycle I am going somewhere, which means I am probably going to hit wind and rain and hopefully a whole lot of sun. I am usually dressed with a base layer (my favorite made by smart wool), a heavy jacket, a scarf to protect my face and alway my helmet no matter the state law. If I am going down and its not hard enough to kill me you best believe I hope to save what brains I have left in this life. Any how, with that being said, where are the women like me depicted in popular images? Where is the glorification of...