In the words of an anthropologist studying biker culture in New Zealand, "Mann’s paintings set ‘outlaw’ Harley chopper motorcycles against surreal backgrounds, and distorted skylines, colourful images that celebrated the chopper motorcycle and the freedom of the open road ...

DAVID MANN ART SHOW. Ventura Fairgrounds, Anacapa Hall. On Sunday February 9th 2025 , artists from around the world will converge to pay tribute to the Norman Rockwell of the biker world - David Mann. They'll be plenty of custom culture art to purchase, so bring some coin to buy something for yourself or get your Valentine's Day shopping done ...

Feb 4, 2024 · A few weeks back, I wrote a lengthy piece about David Mann, the artist and illustrator who spent four decades chronicling the biker life for Choppers publisher Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth and, later, for Easyriders, the most enduring rag ever published by and for bikers, until new owners ran it into the weeds…. 🤬

May 28, 2013 · David “Dave” Mann (September 10, 1940 – September 11, 2004) was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers. Called “the biker world’s artist-in-residence,” his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on t-shirts and other memorabilia ...

Read about the legendary David Mann and the artwork he brought to the motorcycle and Easyriders community

Tiny, an outlaw biker from Sioux City, Iowa, saw David's painting propped up near his motorcycle at the show and sent a photo of it to Ed "Big Daddy" Roth who purchased it for his custom motorcycle magazine Chopper. Over the next several years Mann created 14 …

“Mann’s paintings set ‘outlaw’ Harley chopper motorcycles against surreal backgrounds, and distorted skylines, colourful images that celebrated the chopper motorcycle and the freedom of the open road.

"Mann’s paintings set ‘outlaw’ Harley chopper motorcycles against surreal backgrounds, and distorted skylines, colourful images that celebrated the chopper motorcycle and the freedom of the open road ...

Oct 11, 2024 · David "Dave" Mann ((1940-09-10) September 10, 1940 – (2004-09-11) September 11, 2004) was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers. Called "the biker world's artist-in-residence," his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on T-shirts and other ...

In the words of an anthropologist studying biker culture in New Zealand, "Mann’s paintings set ‘outlaw’ Harley chopper motorcycles against surreal backgrounds, and distorted skylines, colourful images that celebrated the chopper motorcycle and the freedom of the open road...Many of his images captured the ‘Easyrider’ ethos – speed ...