30" x 30" oils on canvas

Nudity implied, flesh abounding, and yet hardly erotic. Have I succeeded?

The word "suggestion" is itself a forceful word--/səgˈdʒɛstʃən, sə-/--choke that one out. But here I'm not forcing you to see anything; this is just the female form, slightly contorted, exposed and covered, from the perspective of a guy who doesn't even understand it or its appeal.

At the exact moment of unwrapping (or undressing), climactic excitement collides with a complete loss of surprise, after which all is simply just there.

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New series is all about suggestions, whether sexual, anatomical, emotional. It'll be an all out war between what constitutes 'suggestion' and what is simply 'representation'. 3, 2, 1....