Tenille's bike : The Guardian

Tenille had emailed Shawn in Las Vegas; she had seen his work and knew that she wanted him to paint her bike. After reading the first letter, Shawn knew that Tenille had put a lot of thought into what she wanted. Every bit of the paint represents something to Tenille; from her family and her life with them and Shawn thought it was a really cool idea. She was ready to mail the parts to Las Vegas, but it just so happened that Shawn was driving through Kansas one week after the email, so Darryl, Tenille's husband, disassembled the bike and met Shawn on the interstate on his way to Illinios, where he does his summertime shows. This is the first project of the summer, and these photos speak for themselves; taking you from prep to completion.

Tenille had given Shawn lots of artistic freedom. It was Shawn's idea to put a gargoyle on the rear fender, watching her back.

The front fender was going to be lettering, but since there's so much detail on the rest of the bike, he decided to put gargoyles on it, fading up to match the theme of the bike.


Tenille was specific about having a deep, deep purple, and Shawn went one step further, adding pearl...No sissy colors!

Shawn liked the idea of gargoyles so much, that he just stuck with that theme throughout every part, including a gargoyle guarded castle on the tank. And of course, the lettering in the center, which reads "THE GUARDIAN".

Please look to the Bike Gallery to see final pictures of this bike completed.
Special thanks to Tenille and Darryl.