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.