Starry Kiss
24 Jan
Another tiny painting of an erotic nature.
Just ten inches across and eight inches in height, done on cotton canvas.
I have been managing to find time for at least one of these little erotic paintings each week, but have also had to step up the size and do some a bit bigger.
These tiny things are really constraining.
I paint twice as fast at a larger scale. My wife is really hating the finished products too. She says my stuff looks unnatural at a small size and though I don’t exactly agree with her… I do know that I can’t find my natural flow when working tiny. The public rules though when you are a working artist and I shall find out I suppose if my working tiny has merit when the series is done.
I ended up calling it starry kiss as a descriptive title when I needed to save file, but when painting it I was thinking something between the stars of the sky and the magic of passions. The stars are as much creation of the kiss as they are a setting for the moment. Imagined, but real I suppose.
“Starry Kiss” is not an official title for this. I think I shall maybe not title these (or very few) small erotic paintings at all and leave it up to the collectors who end up buying them to title them.
Sex, love, lust, etc… is very personal. It is viewed differently by all and art is participatory in my mind much the way sex is. Letting the original owner title each work as they see it seems fitting for such a subject.
Still not sure on how I am going to handle that.
Still not sure how many I shall do for that matter.
We shall see.
For those not fallowing along:
My first post of the year (see it here) was called “New Year Art Endeavors” and explains that I usually never work on small canvases and that I have decided to tackle art of an erotic nature as my years goal.
Once I have conquered working on tiny canvases I will no doubt jump back up to canvas sizes at three to four times this scale at least for my art erotic.
Tags: acrylic painting, Art, Erotic Art, Erotica, painting
I would have thought that titling them would be a personal act of the artist; it seems wrong somehow to extend that privilege to another. That’s just my humble opinion, however.
~Kazi xxx
Usually it is, but all artists do it a bit different.
How I work is that I usually have a working title in my head when I start a painting and then let it change as the painting dictates.
I’m thinking in this case however that the title should be a work in progress of whomever is drawn closely enough to each painting that they must posses it.
That seems intimate to me. Lusty maybe.
As a side note… many of the most famous paintings in the world have titles not given by the artist.
Either the artist never titled the work, the title was lost to antiquity, the owner of the work re-titled it, or it gained a title (usually descriptive) though time via galleries, publishers, and viewers.
It is always good to set oneself challenges. It is how we grow and develop as artists.
Mollyxxx
Very true. Growth often stems from stepping outside ones comfort zones and through struggle.
Perhaps it’s that you’re feeling what you’re creating fits on a smaller stage. Containing it so that the viewer has the feeling that this is something that is special and personal. A private moment viewed by a voyeur.
I really like this one very much.
Thank you nitebyrd.
My wife thinks I am trying to work small just so I can stress out and complain about it not working.
That… and to make sure my usual art market wont be interested. Subject, style, and format change all at once equals needing to research and expand in new ways.
Your reasons sound much nicer. I shall have to think on that. I like the thought.
I’m not sure of all my reasons really. I’m still processing.
Interesting to have that be a challenge – kind of like when I write flash fiction, I suppose. I like your work. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
I wonder what the new owner would think about all of us seeing it first?
Very good comparison. Trying to tell a story with a specified topic or including a phrase within a limited amount of words is much like what I am doing.
Besides the composition restraints I also am used to making strokes with a brush sometimes longer than these little canvases are wide. It is weirdly educational.
Art is meant to be seen by as many people who can. I am a lover of galleries for that very reason. I even love to visit the little co-op type places.
The web is a huge gift when it comes to sharing art.
It is for many people their only exposure besides glossy commercialized work in magazines and on TV.