Effusive Beauty (2009)

The Spirit's Notes: A complex mixed media artwork 18" x 12-1/2" in size. In my ongoing effort to incorporate Fine Art elements into my erotic art work, it was natural evolution that lead me to create this sensual offering as modeled by radiant Filipina beauty, Bebejoy. It was refreshing for me to get back to my roots, at least so far as the hand-painted background is concerned. That element within this composition was painted in brushed ink washes and watercolor with Tempera highlights. The central figure was first pencilled, then inked in black before being scanned. Next, the main figure of Bebejoy was digitally painted in Photoshop, right over my inks totally, which act as guides in this process. What really sets this figure apart from my past figures is the almost near elimination of the 'black-inked line.' It makes for a unique look, and one that I wish to explore further in the future. Getting back to the background, and as Jim Morrison says in The Soft Parade by 'The Doors, ' "This is the best part of the trip, this is the trip, the best part, the part I like..." The background is very experimental, plays with shape, planes, color, depth perception, and subtle visual gradations of light. That was my trip, my art, and, like a band of musicians jamming, playing in sync yet almost improvisional, taking a break from the confines of routine studio recording, I explored and expanded my boundaries of erotic art. Yes this painting is my homage to the female form, femininity and sensuality. I suppose I do not need to point out the obvious and subliminal pseudo-sexual symbols and their place in my heart as I hold the female genitalia upon a near holy pedestal of admiration and romantic obsession.