CHRIS WHITE
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El Camino, acrylic and mixed media on birch panel by Chris White.Detail of the engine and exhaust of the custom Indian motorcycle in El Camino by Chris White.Detail of the rear wheel and swingarm of the custom motorcycle in El Camino by Chris White, integrated into abstract motion streaks.Detail of the front wheel area of the custom motorcycle in El Camino by Chris White, featuring heavy horizontal motion lines.Detail of the brass nameplate reading El Camino on the oak tray frame.El Camino in its oak tray frame, photographed in daylight.

EL CAMINO

El Camino explores the relationship between custom craftsmanship, mechanical character and movement.

Based on a custom Indian motorcycle by Roland Sands Design, the work celebrates a machine shaped as much by individual vision as by engineering. Its stripped-back form and exposed mechanical presence emerge through layers of drawn detail, fragmented geometry and horizontal marks that extend beyond the physical boundaries of the motorcycle.

The machine remains recognisable and grounded, while the surrounding surface begins to loosen and disperse. Areas of precision give way to interruption; structure becomes gesture, and the visual weight of the motorcycle is balanced by the suggestion of movement passing through it.

Rather than simply depicting a custom machine, El Camino reflects the creative act behind it — the transformation of something engineered into something distinctly personal.

Built to move. Made individual.

Haiku

Steel carries the road.
Hands reshape what came before—
motion makes it new.

Medium
Acrylic and mixed media on birch panel
Dimensions
38 × 22 in (97 × 56 cm)
Presentation
Oak tray frame with brass nameplate.
Year
2024
Delivery
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Price
£3,200
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