Let me know if you'd like to see my homoerotic drawings.
You bet! I'd love to see them.
Years ago I drew a couple of tasteful homoerotic nude studies, but nothing specifically inspired by J&E. It's certainly a good idea for future projects.
My existing nude studies are mild versions of drawings by iconic, homoerotic gay artists, Tom of Finland and Colt. Only difference is, I took the sex out and put the romance in. They're both framed and at the back of a wardrobe somewhere. I remember, when I took one of them to be framed years ago, the framer refused to frame it. He suggested I try another framer nearby. Gave the excuse that he had a lot of work on and didn't have time to frame my nude. So I took his advice and tried the nearby framer, who turned out to be a cute little Greek guy. We developed a real rapport and I stayed with him for all my framing requirements from then on. Foolish of the other bloke, because I'd given him a lot of business up until that time.
As it turned out the the framer who refused it did you a big favour. You and the Greek framer were "meant for each other". As for the other block, his loss!
I love abstraction because different people see different things in the painting. I like to encourage this and for that reason, I prefer not to give my own personal meaning to a painting. A friend once told me that when she looked at "Blood in the Water," she imagined she was in a plane flying over Sydney Harbour at night, with all its little bays and inlets, looking down at the lit-up city from high above. Another friend who didn't like it said, "Humph, blood in the water, that looks about right!" She explained her comment to me by saying that she thought it looked like what she regularly saw when she looked in the toilet bowl. Told ya, it's all open to your own interpretation!
The following is from me, not from Kerry, I don't know how to get it out of the "white quote box". Sorry!I like painters to give a title to their paintings. With abstracts the title is always a surprise. When I look at
Blood in the water I find it very relaxing, happily peaceful. It rests my eyes (even more so as since yesterday I have been wearing my new multifocal glasses, which are not easy to get used to...). It feels as if the painting is telling me "You can look at me for ever".
Going back to
Velvet George, I looked at him again this morning, I do like the way you painted the red
velvet cotton shirt. I am always attracted by the way clothes are painted. The folds, the creases, the light, especially those with little patterns.