0067 - Whitewater Mountain Biking
-I've been experimenting with mazes at different scales. Most of my works take months to draw and are difficult to print at small sizes. This is one of my first studies at a smaller scale.
In this work, I am quoting myself. I have taken a small segment of the maze 0064 Usnea longissima 3 and scaled to a larger size. Then I re-engineered the pathways so that they form a maze in their own right. Finally, using air brush tools, I reworked the coloring.
The name, "Whitewater Mountain Biking" comes from what I imagine in the tangled lines. I see an out of control bicyclist launching over handbars as the bike tumbles into foaming whitewater. Perhaps, then it is a self portrait, as it seems that I have crashed off mountain bike trails into boulder strewn creeks more often than most people.
The maze itself is trivial in comparison to my full sized mazes. I didn't put a formal entrance/exit pair in this image. There is exactly one path between any two points, so it is up to the solver to select the start and end.
This work is available for purchase.
Prints are on 13"x19" photographic paper
ready for matting and framing.
The shipment will include a sealed envelope containing a small version of the print showing the solution path.
Medium (13"x19")
$80 + $15 shipping & handling