Made by
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- yellow
- cream
Fingerprint: Motorcycle racing crash, "GEMCO'S STOP AND GO" roadside sign with stacked red/green circles and yellow tower, multiple bikes colliding with riders in helmets, white exhaust clouds, maroon sweeping arc, yellow MILES banner, large blonde pin-up portrait lower left, scalloped LAPS band with flame-shaped lamps, airbrushed commercial style
The towering roadside-style sign at upper left reading GEMCO'S / STOP / AND / GO in stacked red and green circles, shaped like a narrow tapering yellow tower with a pointed roof. The crash pile of red and green racing motorcycles in the centre, riders in helmets, with billowing white smoke. The enormous sweeping maroon arc across the upper third that reads as a road or horizon behind the yellow MILES banner. The grinning blonde pin-up head at lower left with a huge crimson hair mass behind her. The scalloped maroon LAPS band with repeating yellow flame-shaped lamps along the very bottom.
Setting
- Green sky or infield with sweeping maroon arc
- Stylised racetrack crash scene
- Plain yellow oval panel at right
Symbols
- Traffic stop and go sign circles
- Yellow oval panel
- Row of yellow flame-drop shapes along the bottom
- Narrow cream border keyline
Lettering
- Chunky white sans-serif block capitals with heavy dark red drop shadow for miles and laps; white capitals on a red disc for stop, white capitals on a green disc for go, small black capitals on yellow for gemco's and and
Themes
- Motor racing
- Motorcycles
- Road racing
- Stop and go
- Mid-century roadside advertising
Title on it
- Gemco's stop and go
Text on it
- GEMCO'S
- STOP
- AND
- GO
- MILES
- LAPS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large head-and-shoulders pin-up portrait at lower left, smiling with red lips and dark arched brows, blonde curled and waved hair, bare shoulder, backed by a huge deep-red hair or hat mass |
| Other | At least four racing motorcyclists in the centre panel, all in helmets and racing leathers, packed together in a collision pile |
| Vehicle | Several racing motorcycles: a large red machine with a spoked wheel centre-right, a green bike with a green front wheel and a rider in a white helmet at the right, a further yellow-and-green bike leaning in at the far right edge, and one more red-helmeted rider at the far left |
| Other | Clouds of white exhaust smoke and dust behind and above the motorcycles |
A rectangular painted backglass set inside a varnished mid-brown wooden frame, bordered by a narrow cream keyline. The art is flat mid-century airbrushed commercial illustration in four dominant colours: emerald green field, crimson and maroon, bright buttery yellow and cream. At top left stands a tall tapering yellow sign tower with a pointed cap reading GEMCO'S; below it a red circle holds STOP in white block capitals, the small word AND, then a green circle holding GO. To the right, a huge maroon-to-red curved band sweeps across the upper third, fading to green at the top edge. Below it a yellow arched banner carries MILES in large white block capitals with a dark red drop shadow. Under that banner a green panel shows a pack of racing motorcyclists in red, white and green leathers, helmets on, machines angled as if piling up in a crash, with puffs of white exhaust smoke, and a plain yellow oval at the right. At lower left a large head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling blonde woman with curled hair and arched brows, backed by a mass of deep red. A wide maroon scalloped banner spans the bottom with LAPS in white and yellow letters, above a row of repeating yellow flame-drop shapes on green.