Plump Penis Pastel drawing series
This series of pastel drawings of males with plump penises was inspired by multiple events over the last 7 years.
The first event: In 2006 I started working as an art model for life drawing. A couple years later, I was posing on a regular basis for colleges and open model groups in the metro area. One of the things I noticed was some artists and/or students either didn't draw the penis at all or drew it disproportionally smaller than the rest of the body or drew it vaguely.
The second event: A couple years ago, I started drawing at open model life drawing groups. One day I was showing another artist a drawing I'd done recently of a male model. He said something to the effect of "looks like your proportions are off [on his penis]". I explained to him that the model had a relatively large endowment and that my proportions weren't off as much as he might think.
The third event: The third event isn't necessarily a specific event, but more an overall observance of the penis in art, or should I say the lack of the penis in contemporary art.
I believe the human body is beautiful and a wondrous vessel for our spirit. One of my goals during this life is to influence people’s perspective of the naked human body . . . that a naked (au naturel) body is a vision of beauty, no matter what size or shape or color or age or gender.
I don’t understand how people can get so upset about seeing a woman’s breast or a man’s penis and watch TV shows and movies that have such extreme violence. Given the choice of seeing violence or nudity, I’ll choose nudity. We all have bodies, why should the naked body not be a part of our art?
Within the art that does include nudity, the male penis seems to be shied away from. I think the distinction between art and porn is a grey area. What’s the big deal about showing a male penis in art? About half the population has one and the majority of the other half has seen one (or more).
18x24" pastels, $200 framed. $300 commissioned (based on photograph)
The first event: In 2006 I started working as an art model for life drawing. A couple years later, I was posing on a regular basis for colleges and open model groups in the metro area. One of the things I noticed was some artists and/or students either didn't draw the penis at all or drew it disproportionally smaller than the rest of the body or drew it vaguely.
The second event: A couple years ago, I started drawing at open model life drawing groups. One day I was showing another artist a drawing I'd done recently of a male model. He said something to the effect of "looks like your proportions are off [on his penis]". I explained to him that the model had a relatively large endowment and that my proportions weren't off as much as he might think.
The third event: The third event isn't necessarily a specific event, but more an overall observance of the penis in art, or should I say the lack of the penis in contemporary art.
I believe the human body is beautiful and a wondrous vessel for our spirit. One of my goals during this life is to influence people’s perspective of the naked human body . . . that a naked (au naturel) body is a vision of beauty, no matter what size or shape or color or age or gender.
I don’t understand how people can get so upset about seeing a woman’s breast or a man’s penis and watch TV shows and movies that have such extreme violence. Given the choice of seeing violence or nudity, I’ll choose nudity. We all have bodies, why should the naked body not be a part of our art?
Within the art that does include nudity, the male penis seems to be shied away from. I think the distinction between art and porn is a grey area. What’s the big deal about showing a male penis in art? About half the population has one and the majority of the other half has seen one (or more).
18x24" pastels, $200 framed. $300 commissioned (based on photograph)
Fringe Festival - Visual Art Show July 2012
