Love Connection

My palettes surface

What is your first reaction when you see a piece of art you LOVE? Some stare in admiration, while others simply study it's intricacies. Personally I always have an immediate reaction to reach out and touch the artwork. I not only want a heart and mind connection with the piece, but a physical connection as well. This may well be one of the reasons I work with a lot of texture in my own artistic endeavors. Wether a painting or a scrapbook page I want it to be interactive with the viewer.

Let's Get CONTROVERSIAL, Shall We..?

Exposed

Nudity and Sexuality.

 yep, I said it...so those of you who are already cringing may should X out OR open your mind and provide us all with some food for thought, but PLEASE don't be rude or I shall SHAME you.

Do you think nudity and or sexuality can be artistic? Do you think they are one in the same, that the two cannot be separate from one another? Do you find it easier to handle the subject matter in a particular medium? i.e photography,painting,sculpture...

I believe nudity AND sexuality CAN be artistic. However, I do not find T-N-A magazines "artistic". I mean that the human body, male or female, is a beautiful and wondrous creation of God. As well, sex, when handled maturely, can be a sensual and invigorating subject.
I also do not think the two go hand in hand. You can be naked without being sexual (even though I know most men have trouble separating the two); and you can be sexy without being naked (now here is where I know you men can relate).

In my more modest, and yes, prudish days I found all nude or sexual photographic material offensive, suppressive, and subjugating. However, I have matured into my OWN person over the years and I PERSONALLY no longer fell this way about ALL photographic materials. Though, like most people I assume, I find even the most erotic subject matter easier to handle and contemplate when done in a "Fine Art" medium such as paintings or sculptures.

In What ARTISTIC MEDIUM Do You Express Yourself?

Restless

I want to know in what Mediums do you most often express your artistic abilities? Painter. photographer, sculptor, wood worker, metal worker, beader...???

I consider myself a painter at this particular moment. Although in the past I have worked full time in photography as a model and found photography quite expressive and artistic as well..if done tastefully I must add. Currently, I am full time into my painting. I prefer acrylics mostly but dabble in the intricacies and diverse forms of oil painting as well.

               How about you???