Bruce Adams

Fish and Bicycles:

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle:" - Irina Dunn. I was inspired to paint this series of 30" x 22" works in oil on paper roughly the same time I was working on the larger Tattooed Women series. All are dated 1998. For an explanation of the work click here. This witticism about men and women is often erroneously attributed to Gloria Steinem. You can learn about its derivation at A bit of herstory: the definitive word on the origin!



Fish and Bicycle #1 and #2

Fish and Bicycle #3 and #4

Fish and Bicycle #5 and #6

Fish and Bicycle #7 and #8

Fish and Bicycle #9 and #10

Fish and Bicycle #11 and #12


Fish and Bicycle prints:

Below are a series of 6 giclée inkjet prints made from the Fish and Bicycle series of paintings. Each diptych is 11" x 16." Each are in limited edditions of ten prints.



Fish and Bicycle 1

Fish and Bicycle 2


Fish and Bicycle 3


Fish and Bicycle 4

Fish and Bicycle 5
Fish and Bicycle 6