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three nudes


when it comes to life and art, i seem to be developing a distinct distaste for the former and a profound preference for the latter. but consider me no artist, my friends, for i would not make art my life. yet, seduced by the possibility of beauty, i am forever tempted to attempt making life... art...

following are three nudes: portraits of three women that graced my humble studio. as i am no painter, i considered this a psychological study rather than an artistic endeavour. later, of course, i realized that my efforts produced merely a perception of what i had imposed on their disposition.

covered nude
covered nude (oil on canvas)
covered nude
clothed nude (oil on canvas)
covered nude
denuded nude (oil on canvas)
full of expectation from life and art, and yet circumspect. unwilling to reveal generosity without preëmptive reciprocation. i observe her, she examines me--evaluating perhaps the value of captivity... in an imaginary domain. standing erect, taut, with only a subtle sway of the hip, as if to assert strength in femininity. revealing her breasts with invisible nipples. aloof in gentle solitude. unselfconscious, and so conscious of self.
 
loving with the ease of nonchalance--not as a lover, but as a woman...to an artist.