Competitor Number 2 looks back at the road taken, Oil on Canvas, 80×60, 2008, Pauline Little.
Inspired by Giovanni Battista’s II Cavaliere dal Piede Ferito, Pauline Little created a portrait of me in all my cycling glory and surrounded by the random items you stumble on whilst on tour; the bull made an appearance every so often whilst on the road to Almeria, the post (top left) belongs to a farmer in the Picos de Europas, and the monument above my left shoulder was one of many I came across on that same tour (Puerto de Palombera). The race number was from last years Jekyll & Hyde Duathlon and the medal worn was given on completion of the London Duathlon 2007.
Pauline Little is a London based Artist who specializes in creating paintings of athletes, she completed this portrait in four sessions (just over an hour each). For more details see her website.
