ABOUT: This is a painted sketch for a possible larger painting, and was one of more interesting sessions with a transgender model. I very much like that they have both breasts and a penis. The title is very fitting both for the stage of transition of my model, and for the state of our current culture. I do know I will do a large painting of this model.
MEDIUM: Watercolor and acrylic on paper
SIZE: 12″ H x 8″ (unframed)
ABOUT: My directions were simple, create abstract shapes with your body. This was one of many beautiful body forms that came out of that session. My appreciation for my imaginative and expressive model.
MEDIUM: Watercolor on paper.
SIZE: 9″ H x 12″ W (unframed)
ABOUT: A power pose expressing relaxed confidence. She is assured of her right to be present to have her opinion heard. This is a painted sketch for a larger painting, though, even small in size, I feel this work to be sufficiently complete. The picture is not particularly explicit, though the pose is intentionally provocative.
MEDIUM: Watercolor and acrylic on paper (unframed)
SIZE: 11″ H x 7″ W
ABOUT: Though this is not particularly explicit, it does speak to the dynamics of sexuality. Here the relationship is balanced, where terms are negotiated, and the participants are heard.
MEDIUM: Watercolor on paper.
SIZE: 14.5″ H x 14.5″ W (framed)
ABOUT: My models are partners and were decisive about using our session to express their intimacy and connection to each other. Their poses felt very genuine, real, and sexy. I was fortunate to be a witness to their intimacy.
MEDIUM: Watercolor on paper
SIZE: 12″ H x 9″ W (unframed)