The Art of A.D. Maddox.

Portrait of the artist

Via: ducati.com

"Speeding down the highways of Wyoming on a red Monster S2R 1000 with her paint covered pants, helmet, and Ducati Corse jacket, you would never guess that artist AD Maddox (blog) has a degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Colorado. Not because passionate people can't practice sports medicine, but because sports medicine wasn't AD Maddox's passion. AD Maddox realized that she missed her true passions: art, fly fishing, and the connection to nature that each brought her.

An inventive artist skilled in many mediums, AD works with a variety of materials such as acrylics, oils, gels, canvas, wood, and metal to fashion paintings, carvings, furniture, clothing, and a variety of functional objects. This April, AD added some things to her tool kit that no artist before her has, namely her new Ducati Monster S2R 1000 and a whole bunch of bugs.

A.D. Maddox: The artist at work

The thousands of motorcycle-insect mergers that occurred each day looked to Maddox like more than just a mess to be cleaned up. "I found myself out on my bike all the time. I had to come up with a reason to be riding my bike." said Maddox. "I thought, what a shame to waste all these bug guts." Not willing to forgo her riding, Maddox found a way to incorporate her need to ride with her need to create. Strapping canvases to the front of the Monster, Maddox charged up the highway along rivers and through canyons collecting nature-made color pallets of insect remains.

At rumored speeds of over 120mph, AD notes that, besides the wet oil-based paint on the canvas, no additional adhesives or coatings are required to permanently incorporate the bugs into her "Bug Gut Art" as she calls it. However, one of her Snake River Canyon Series works titled "Hatch Batch By Speeding Ticket" may hint at a need to slightly modify the process in the future.

Painting professionally since 1996, Maddox's instinctual creative abilities have won her praise and customers far and wide. "I love to build something that moves me. I am challenged by the simplicity of one subject as my main focus," Maddox said relating art and riding the S2R 1000."