 Dave with some of his artwork. |
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He returned to Kansas City and bought his first new bike, a 1948 Panhead, for $350. At the same time he created his first artistic creation, “Hollywood Run.” It represented the wild, unleashed, Hollywood outlaw lifestyle. Riding his customized Harley with his first painting tucked under his arm, he entered the 1963 Kansas City Custom Car Show. That car show launched Dave’s artistic/biker career. He had the only custom-bike entry in the show, so for his creative efforts the judges initiated a new class and trophy specifically for Dave. In addition, a Sioux City, Iowa, club member named Tiny noticed Dave and took him under his wing. Before long, David became a club member. In addition, Tiny took a Polaroid of his first painting and sent it to the eccentric Ed "Big Daddy” Roth, the California custom car creator and publisher of the first chopper magazine. Dave painted several posters for Big Daddy Roth. In 1965, David went to work in the mailroom at Scheffer Studios in Kansas city, where he met an architectural renderer, Dave Poole, who taught him |
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