Bert Ernie started to ride BMX when he first started to paint; at 27 years old. Bert bought all the magazines and Mike King was a professional BMX racer who was spending more of his time racing downhill mountain bikes. To say he was/is a legend would be putting it mildly.
In 2012 Mike King posted (on social media) a photograph of when he was a child hiring some stylish air at the local dirt jumps. Bert had to paint it. It personified the joy of riding BMX.
Dimensions: 60x31cm
Painted: 2012
Materials: Acrylic on MDF board
Private collection
The story behind Mike King
Photorealist painting of a young Mike King jumping his BMX bike. Mike King was an incredible BMX racer and he later went on to do very well at downhill mountain biking. He posted a photograph of when he was a young boy jumping his bike at the local dirt jumps on twitter. Bert took that image added a section to the top to create a better composition and then painted it.
Here’s Mike’s wikipedia page.
Source image of realism painting Mike King
