Love This! Bicycle Portraits by Taliah Lempert

I don't know why, but there's something really lovely about paintings of bicycles. Perhaps because of what bicycles symbolize: A healthy, wind-in-your-hair, sun-on-your-shoulders way of getting around, a method of transportation that relies solely on physical movement, a skill learned in childhood and then used throughout our lives--the sense of freedom experienced while riding down a bike path in some gorgeous place on a gorgeous day... 

Am I projecting? Perhaps ;)   

But, bicycles are usually pretty important to their owners, so it makes sense to become a bicycle portrait artist, especially if you're as skilled at painting bikes as today's featured artist, Taliah Lempert. 

I love the idea of specializing and getting really good at one very specific thing--especially when it comes to creative endeavors--and that's exactly what Taliah Lempert has done. Her bikes are beautiful, and it appears as though she has drawn + painted hundreds of them (!), which shows that she really loves doing so and explains how she's gotten so good. 

Here are a few of my favorites:

So great! I just love them! Want more bicycle paintings, or bicycle notecards, t-shirts, coloring books, magnets? Check out Taliah's website for loads more where these came from. 

Want to view another artist's take on bicycle portraits? Check out my past post, Love This! Baldassari's Beautiful Bicycles. 

Enjoy your Wednesday!