Inner City Rendezvous & Other Drawings

1. Inner City Rendezvous                 

2. Office Sex                                     

3. The Baggage Handler #3 ( pen and ink version )

4. Man Posing By A Lake                 

5. Cathedral Oak                               

1. " Inner City Rendezvous " is another drawing I began, and did not finish, until recently. I became preoccupied with other ideas, and lost interest in this piece. I loved how the bottom turned out, but it was not enough to motivate me to create a scene around him. I added the top, below him, and decided to draw a dildo in his hand. I did not think the perspective was a good idea. Over the years, this piece was moved around in different folders and portfolios. I then realized how much the bottom satisfied me, visually. I loved the way his legs and feet turned out. The little pebbles in the floor, were so tedious to work on, for my patience, then. I decided to work through it, and develop the buildings, with more details. And I spent more time on the bricks. I am glad, to have finished it.

2. " Office Sex " is not one of my favorites, but it helped to bridge the space between ideas, waiting to be drawn. It is about sex between the different classes or levels, within the work system. Sexuality does not usually relate openly to the type of job one has. But there are many instances, such as depicted in this drawing, when white collar professionals, desire sex from blue collar working men. It can even be a fetish. Examples, such as the homeowner desiring sex from the handyman ( plumber, landscape worker etc. ) 

3. My favorite part of  " The Baggage Handler No.3 ( pen and ink version ) " is the head of the man receiving anilingus. The hatching marks satisfied me, while experimenting with my Micron pens. This was a revisited composition, because I liked it so much. I wanted to see the results of a colored pencil and ink wash version also. I like all three, because the different mediums produced individual qualities.

4. " Man Posing By A Lake ", was inspired and adapted from a beautiful photograph, I saw online, of the model Antwan Sirmons. I admired it so much, that a drawing was created, to pay homage. I created my own perspective and aesthetic. The tattoos were different than those in my drawing, and a drum and mask were added as props. I loved the pose, facial expression and figure of his, in the original photograph. The essence was captured in this pen and ink wash rendition. 

5. The two oak trees, that were my favorite to view have been cut down! They were my first inspiration to draw my own oaks, over these past 21 years! They stood beautifully in a church yard, that I visited several times to create rough sketches of. It was a spiritual awakening for me to experience that opportunity, along with being highly therapeutic. Although I have the sketches, there were no photos taken, in which I probably should have done so. Especially if I knew they would be cut down, and even having their stumps ground! I pass the site every evening, near my apartment complex, coming home from work. This week, on my way home from work, I gasped as I saw the two big spots of red clay in the grass, between remaining trees. It was disappointing to see, but it is a reminder of how important my tree series is to me. " Cathedral Oak " is another drawing from this series.

 

Foot Fetish No. 7 & Other Drawings

1. Foot Fetish No. 7                          

2. Foot Fetish No. 8                       

3. Nude Man Lying On Stomach

 

4. Hurricane Katrina No. 5                                    

5. Hurricane Katrina No. 6                

1. I wanted to include the followed man, being inside of his home. He did not come in contact with the stalker. And the stalker came close, but did not accomplish the fulfillment of his fantasy. Foot Fetish No. 7 displays this reality.

2. Foot Fetish No. 8, is the confirmation that his muse made it inside, without physical interaction. And the man even has a partner, that lives with him. They toast with beer and continue their life, as a union.

3. I drew Nude Man Lying On Stomach No. 3, several times, as the title suggests. This version is my favorite. It was an awkward angle to make convincing on paper. I would alter the drawing, if another version, were created. There would be dramatic foreshortening, as I have done with more current figure drawings.

4. I remember seeing footage of stranded people, such as Hurricane Katrina No. 5 illustrates, on television. It was quiet a sight to see this was taking place in America. And the days became weeks for many, who seemed left for dead, as the water slowly subsided. People waited helplessly on rooftops and car hoods for aid.

5. There were many people stranded, and had nothing to assure them of being rescued. They were treated like criminals, and second class citizens. I remember the outrage over a comment, made by Barbara Bush. She said that many of the people taking refuge in the superdome were very impoverished, before Katrina. She described their current situations as an improvement, like some kind of luxury. At that point in time, they were called refugees. Hurricane Katrina No.6, was drawn to capture the desolation of a period, plagued by natural disaster, and societal disappointment.