Earl Tutty - Scoot

In Scoot, painter and graphic designer Earl Tutty reveals his long-standing passion and commitment to superb industrial design, in a new series of works that extol the virtues, culture and life-style of the Vespa scooter.

Tutty’s interest in the vehicle began in 1972, purchasing a Vespa because he recognised that it was a ‘fast, two-stroke’ bike.  He has since toured the country on his Vespa's, travelling as far as the Haast, to the surprise and disbelieve of local residences.  (“Where have you got your trailer and car hidden?”) and a one day 1155k blast in September 09 from Bluff to The Farewell Spit with fellow scooterist Mike Pascoe still leaves a smile on his face.  Scoot celebrates the culture of this remarkable bike in paintings that evoke and allude to the unique nature of an object that is far more than the sum total of its engineered and aesthetic components. 

[1]  Robert Segoni, Vespa.  Italian Street Design, London: Scriptum Editions, p. 14.