This bright design is riding on jerseys in Southwestern Ohio. The scene is a bike race held in Ault Park in Cincinnati. The bright colors of this piece serve a safety purpose, too - the riders find some protection from traffic. This print of the original painting is produced on aluminum panel, a fitting material given the aluminum and other materials used in bicycles.

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Bruce Petrie was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1954.  He is a practicing lawyer in Cincinnati who began creating art as a hobby.  He first dabbled in free lance illustrations and editorial cartooning, then turned to oil painting.  He studied with painter Thomas Buechner, in Corning, New York.   Bruce became interested in plein aire painting, and traveled throughout the United States, France, and Italy to paint outdoor landscapes directly from nature.   He also studied the art history of landscape painting and the common threads running from early Chinese landscape painting to the present.   

Studied

Brown University; Northwestern University School of Law; with Thomas Buechner, Corning, New York

Member

Cincinnati Art Club

Exhibited

Cincinnati Art Galleries, 2002