Rallys & Biker Events
Never Been, But I Want To Go
My Primary Bike
Triumph Daytona 955i
General Info
Occupation
Machinist
Hobbies
Airbrushing,working out,fishing
Music
Anything but country and rap
Message
Airbrush artist,graphite artist,pappy,dad, and a life long motocyclist and more.
Anyone that wants to SEE my ARTWORK can see it at:
facebook.com/triumphcreations
HOW I GOT INTO AIRBRUSHING:
It was a beautiful fall day on Sunday,October 12th.In the morning I was working on my Jeep.About 11am I decided to go for a ride on my 2008 Triumph Speed Triple.I yanked a wheelie like I have so many times in the past,except this one came over on me.I remember laying face down looking through my full face helmet visor at the pavement.I had full leather jacket with the padding for protection.The wind was knocked out of me.I thought I have to get back on my bike and get out of dodge.When I stood up,my leg went sideways,with one of the pieces of my tibia tearing through my skin and denim jeans,and collapsed back to the ground.I still thought I could ride out of there,so I began crawling back to my bike with my leg slithering behind me like a snake...then the pain hit and I blacked out.
FAST FORWARD...
my tibia was broke completley off,split down the center,and 12 other breaks.Dr. says he performed below the knee amputaions not as bad as mine...almost a month in the hospital,5 surguries,skin grafts.When I finally did come home,there was a hospital bed and a wheel chair waiting for me.
I decided to find SOMETHING productive I could do...I always liked art and always wanted to try airbrushing,so.I ordered some basic things and began teaching myself out of a wheelchair.I was painting everything in the house..my wife would come home from work and tye lampshades would have skulls on them ,the refrigerator was not exempt either...I was hooked.
As I got out of the wheelchair 6 months later,I went to North Carolina for my first seminar.I would go on to go to 12 classes,seminars and workshops covering 9 states in the following years
At one point I decided ro make a go at it as a job.
I named my buisness TRIUMPH CREATIONS... as wrecking my Triumph Speed Triple started this ball rolling.
I do it as a hobby mostly now because the clientel just isnt in my area of rural Pennsylvania.
I think of making another go at it when the time is right.
So that's my story of how I got started.
NEVER GIVE UP
TURN NEGATIVES INTO A POSITIVES!!!!!!
Oh..and I.was riding six months after the accident,even though I was upgraded to cructhes..even the leg,torn shoulder,and broken ribs didn't stop me from my passion for motorcycles.
Fight the Good Fight.
