Striking a chord
I don’t think you can be boring if you’re an erotic artist. The two don’t go together. And part of the joy of being one… Read More »Striking a chord
I've been an artist all of my life, and my paintings now hang on walls in Europe, USA and Canada. I'm working on getting them on the other continents! My wide range of artwork has been exhibited nearer to home in the East Midlands, with the Guild of Erotic Artists at Beaumont Hall Studios in Hertfordshire, and at "Erotica", Olympia, London. I have also been featured alongside my work in the Guild of Erotic Artists book (volume 2). I love to create dramatic interest in my pictures, whether it’s to paint an unusual landscape, or just to utilise dramatic lighting in my figure drawings or strong colour in my animal portraits. Delighting in the spontaneous tendencies of watercolour adds an interesting and distinctive look to my paintings, some of which are purposefully ambiguous, enabling the viewer to use their own interpretation of my artwork. I also love to hide images, and humour within my paintings, whether it’s a secret message, or an erotic couple hidden within a landscape, or even an erotic landscape where the couple are camouflaged as the features of the land itself. I am equally happy painting in oils, acrylics or watercolours and love to draw with pencil or ink. I have also developed the very effective method of drawing using white pencil on black card which creates dramatic pictures by just picking out where the light catches the body and leaving the rest of the image to the imagination, in darkness. I can also utilise many different styles, whether it is realistic, abstract, surrealistic, erotic, fantasy or camouflage art where something is hidden within the painting. I'm just passionate about my art, whatever I paint! But, it doesn't matter how many landscapes or pet portraits I paint, its always the erotic stuff that people are interested in! I started blogging to share some of the strange conversations I have with the people I meet. But its evolved into far more than that now.
I don’t think you can be boring if you’re an erotic artist. The two don’t go together. And part of the joy of being one… Read More »Striking a chord
I’ve finished two drawings this week – and although they are very different in subject matter, they are similar in technique. The first is a… Read More »Black on white, white on black
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I’ve been away for a few days this week up to the Lake district. Its beautiful there, even in the rain, and boy, does it… Read More »Celebrity
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I’ve been working on the pen and ink Christmas card design of the three kings this week, and fighting the urge to incorporate a naked… Read More »Tidying up ready for the big one
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I attended a workshop at the weekend, one of many that I go to throughout the year. This time we were painting a Cornish harbour… Read More »Unexpected responses
Here it is – the unveiling, at long last! You’ve waited a long time to see her, but I wanted her to be right before… Read More »Here she is!
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Recently I’ve been looking at a painting I’ve got in my studio, it’s just been propped up against the wall for ages and ages. I… Read More »All change
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Well as far as the exhibition went I could say that it wasn’t much of a success, in that I didn’t sell a painting and… Read More »Maybe I passed some magic on somewhere