text: ORIGINAL PAINTING by motorsports artist Lee Bivens titles "Knee dragger's ball" South Mecklenburg high school, Charlotte NC. 2 years at USC Coastal College. More importantly, Lee's art education came from his early art collectors themselves. As an 18 year old kid living on his own, he would paint numerous pieces everyday and sell them for cheap. In his mind he was not only exercising his art skill but feeding himself so he could do it again the next day. Art Lee allowed it to become a daily cycle and really exercised his color theory and realism skills. Lee is certain this "drill" helped him see his true potential in regards to realism and color mastery
  ORIGINAL PAINTING: "Knee dragger's ball"
  "Knee dragger's ball". ​This is the ORIGINAL painting that the limited edition prints were created from. This fact makes it extremely collectible and Lee has sold every single 'published' original he has created. It was created completely with palette knife to keep with the impressionistic style. The palette knife creates the most amazing texture and blend of color.
  ​The colors are excellent in the the yellows are the primary focus and are supported by intense but contained coloration elsewhere. There is a great sense of speed in this piece. The rider and bike seem to enter the painting with a certain amount of blur which is achieved by proper use of heavy texture and paint colors that blend together smoothly. ​
  ​This is a collector piece. ​The colors are rich and the texture is tremendous. 'Impasto' or the use of ultra thick paint was used to create this painting. Framed in a large black wood molding with a hanging wire on back.