I finished this painting over the weekend. *Alpine Ascent* is the 12th painting in my ongoing Velo Paintings series, a collection of 50 large-scale oil paintings inspired by cycling and the places bicycles can take us. This represents about 75 hours of painting
The idea behind this piece was simple: that feeling of climbing through an alpine village where every switchback reveals another view, another challenge, and another reason to keep going. I wanted the road itself to become the subject of the painting, winding through the village and disappearing into the mountains beyond. I got the inspiration for this after climbing through small towns in the Italian alps last summer.
For anyone interested in the process, I put together a short time-lapse/proof-of-work video here:
Thanks for taking a look, and thanks to everyone who has commented on some of the other cycling paintings I’ve shared here over the past few months. The feedback has been incredibly helpful as this series continues to grow.
You can follow along on the full series here: [https://velopaintings.com](https://velopaintings.com)
tapitzamir on
Lovely piece
cheeseisrealistic on
i was so scared because when i saw the first image i thought it was ai but that is a beautiful piece of artwork!
One-Passenger-6395 on
Fantastic
runeatreadrepeat on
It’s so beautiful!
HourlyDireful on
The road curves are perfect, that sense of momentum through the switchbacks really works. 75 hours shows.
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I finished this painting over the weekend. *Alpine Ascent* is the 12th painting in my ongoing Velo Paintings series, a collection of 50 large-scale oil paintings inspired by cycling and the places bicycles can take us. This represents about 75 hours of painting
The idea behind this piece was simple: that feeling of climbing through an alpine village where every switchback reveals another view, another challenge, and another reason to keep going. I wanted the road itself to become the subject of the painting, winding through the village and disappearing into the mountains beyond. I got the inspiration for this after climbing through small towns in the Italian alps last summer.
For anyone interested in the process, I put together a short time-lapse/proof-of-work video here:
[https://youtube.com/shorts/qo6TKcWIHd8](https://youtube.com/shorts/qo6TKcWIHd8)
Thanks for taking a look, and thanks to everyone who has commented on some of the other cycling paintings I’ve shared here over the past few months. The feedback has been incredibly helpful as this series continues to grow.
You can follow along on the full series here: [https://velopaintings.com](https://velopaintings.com)
Lovely piece
i was so scared because when i saw the first image i thought it was ai but that is a beautiful piece of artwork!
Fantastic
It’s so beautiful!
The road curves are perfect, that sense of momentum through the switchbacks really works. 75 hours shows.
It really do be like this