Two drawing series that analyze and parody contemporary text-message courtship.
In the first, I've taken the now canonical "sext" selfie out of its colorful, glowing-screen context, and presented it in 5 large-scale, monochromatic pencil drawings. These are not classic nude drawings, but rather large-format renderings of small-scale digital images. As in the originals, identity is obscured and assets are exaggerated with the intention to seduce the recipient.
The second series consists of large-scale interpretations of text exchanges with individuals at varied stages of relationships. The exchanges, written out by hand in the same "speech-bubble" format of smart-phones, are the subtext of courtship dialogues - what is meant under the surface of face- and voiceless mobile phone communication.
Above: Fantasee 1, pencil on paper, 4x6 ft, 2014.
Fantasee 3, pencil on paper, 4x6 ft, 2014.
Fantasee 2, pencil on paper, 4x3 ft, 2014.
Fantasee 4, pencil on paper, 4x4 ft, 2014.
Fantasee 5, pencil on paper, 4x5 ft, 2015.
Subsext: Love, pencil on paper, 3x4 ft, 2014.
Subsext: New, 3x4 ft, pencil on paper, 2014.
Subsext: Lover, pencil on paper, 3x4 ft, 2014.
Subsext: Buddy, pencil on paper, 3x4 ft, 2014.