Figures

Several years ago, without thinking about it much, I laid out some paper and started making these quick figure sketches. I was interested in the twisting of the spine, and how figures balance when slightly torqued. So I painted them from behind. Since I wasn't interested in faces or anything suggestive of portraiture, their heads are turned down and away.

Some people have told me they are highly erotic. While that wasn't an explicit intention, I like to thiink eros emerged on its own. It should always be present in art.