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“On The Road” is a piece I did for the Minnesota’s Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Annual River Road Run. Every August, hundreds of bikers from around the Midwest meet up bright and early at the State Capital in St. Paul, and ride together south along the Mississippi River through some of the most breathtaking scenery in America. They ride to raise money for research for Multiple Sclerosis, a chronic, progressive disease of the central nervous system, a disease which is the #1 disabler of young adults, and is an illness that I was hit with almost 20 years ago. I’ve been a part of the RRR since 1995 either as speaker for the event, ambassador, or as it’s Tee Shirt designer. Motorcycles are an important part of my life. I used to be an athlete and would run everywhere I went, I glided across the Earth. Now that the MS has hit my legs, I kind of walk like an ape, shambling along with canes or a walker. But put me in the saddle of my Harley, and I’m a ballet dancer. That’s how I now physically move with grace through the world. And now that the MS has taken my eyesight, I’ll just go o ut to my garage, sit on my Harley, fire her up and just sit and rev her. My neighbors love me! But here’s the secret: when I’m sitting and revving my Harley, I don’t have MS. I don’t have depression. I’m Pete. When you do something you love you are not broken in any way. You have a foundation that’s strong and whole. And if you can share what you love, what you have passion for with just one other person, that foundation gets bigger and stronger. It’s events like the RRR that keep me connected to bikes and bikers even though I can’t ride anymore. And when those hundreds of riders leave the State Capital that Saturday morning, I’m riding right along with them. “On The Road” is a signed and numbered, limited to 250 fine art lithograph print. It shows a classic 1950 Indian Roadmaster Chief waiting in a field, somewhere out West, for the next ride. The original took 180 hours, over 2,000,002 dots and 3 optometrist visits to complete. Each print has the fenders and gas tank individually hand-inked. It sells for $75.00 | ||
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