Cat-cycle

Hello, I'm Dennis Murphy and my art bike is a cat-cycle. It is a homage to the three feral cats my wife and daughter rescued, The first was an orange cat who arrived in the engine compartment of a car in the drive-through lane at B&B Bagels where my daughter, Katie worked. His name is Ginger and is the model for this opus. My wife, Jeanne, spent several months taming the other two (Whitey & Marrianne), and aquired an interesting patina of bites and scratches on her hands.

Here is a preliminary sketch and some photos.