Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Keep the Motor Running

Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 20x16
Keep the Motor Running

The LaSalle sedan idles in the alley as a mobster calls on a rival bootlegger. The  Thompson submachine gun (also known as the Chicago typewriter) held at his side was referred to as the "gun that made the twenties roar”. Along with the rumble of thunder and flashes of lightening, it will soon be raining bullets.