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model: Luna Devise
location: The Inn on Ferry Street, Detroit, MI

I think I need to stop using puns when coming up with titles. Anyway, we loved the wood posts on the corners of the bed. They begged to be played with.

model: Luna Devise
location: The Inn on Ferry Street, Detroit, MI

Another shot from my shoot in February with Luna Devise. That collar is part of  matching set of cuffs. They are just the cutest things and I had to get them, much like the bunny hood from my last post. They stood out when I spotted them in the shop. Something that’s white, frilly, and has has little red roses was really different than almost everything else that was black leather.

model: Jenni Lee Cupcakes
location: The Inn on Ferry Street, Detroit, MI

This photo is a part of our “Lounging Bunny” photo set on Zivity. Trial members and subscribers can view it here.

The bunny hood is one of my favorite accessories to use for photo shoots. It’s bizarre, creepy, and just plain cute. I got it early last year when I was visiting New York. I was wandering around lower Manhattan looking for things to do when I spotted The Museum of Sex on the Google maps on my phone. So I paid the museum a visit and that’s when I saw the bunny hood in their gift shop. It was one of those things I couldn’t resist buying. Ever since then I’ve used it maybe five or six times during photo shoots. Each time it gives the shots a very unique character.

model: Carlotta Champagne
location: The Inn on Ferry Street, Detroit, MI

I’ve had the chance to work with Carlotta four times. Twice when she was passing through Austin, once when we were both in L.A., and now when we were both in Detroit. Working with her never disappoints because we always end up with good photos.

model: Luna Devise
location: The Inn on Ferry Street, Detroit, MI

Luna and I hit off right away for our artistic collaboration. This is one of our first shots and there will be plenty more to come.

“Paranoia Doll”
acrylic, graphite & colored pencil on 12″x12″ canvas

Personally, it felt like my last couple of paintings where missing something. They were a little more flat and graphic. So I returned to a grittier style of painting with acrylics for this one. I started with the black and blue underpainting and built up the figure with layers of reds, blues, purples, pinks and whites.

I had the title for this painting before I started it. I was curious what a Google search would bring up and found a lot of images of these gothic, anime-inspired dolls. How come they didn’t make nice, creepy toys like this when I was a kid?

Model: Nikki Sebastian

This is another photo from our “Vintage Undies” photo set on Zivity. Subscribers and trail members can view the full set here.

If anyone is interested in becoming a member of Zivity, I have plenty of free trails available.

model: Leeann Leah
inkjet photo transfer on 9″x12″ paper

This is another adventure in photo transfers. In the past I’ve mentioned the results can be pretty unpredictable. This was actually the second transfer I did. Instead of getting the “ghost print” it wound up pulling a layer of the paper off and transferring it. This kind of gritty look almost can’t be manufactured. You just have to let it do what it wants.

“Affliction”
digital photo manipulation
model: Elle V

The plague doctor mask is freaky, interesting, and unique looking. It transforms its wearer and makes them look like some sort of creature. Here it has melded itself onto Elle’s body.

This is a drawing from my sketchbook that I sent off to The Sketchbook Project. I started off playing with a visual theme but after several pages it didn’t feel like me. This was the first sketch I did of my usual kind of work – women.

I think my current body of work started sometime around 1998 or 1999. I was in college pursing my art degree but hadn’t taken any art classes or done any kind of art for a couple of years. Once I started taking advanced art classes, we often had freedom to choose the subject matter for our assignments. Painting and drawing women is what came naturally to me, and that’s what I’ve done ever since.

I realize I might be more recognized for my photography these days but the artwork came first. However, there’s an intermingling of the two because they share a visual language. As a teenager I looked at magazines like Playboy and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and that kind of glamourous presentation influenced my work. So, the way I create my girls on canvas or on paper and capture women on camera have the same kind of approach.