Pinup Art and the Abyss

Sometimes, I get girly.
Compared to many of my friends, I'm the daintyest, and it's no surprise that my nickname is "Grandma", but I generally don't like the girly-infantile-cute, probably BECAUSE of it's juvenalia. I like feminine, but when it is mature and spiced with danger.
I draw/paint girls, mainly...as artists have always done, and sometimes appreciate a good swirly cheescake fantasy pinup. My girly nature comes out, and I salivate over dreamy eyes, swirls of hair, and supine forms.
Languourous.
Two painters who really got it goin' on:



Sylvia Ji



Audrew Kawasaki

These are equal parts Keane Paintings, Manga , art noveau, and Egon Schiele. They are the kind of thing I drew a lot as a young girl, but then abandoned because it wasn't grown up enough. Ha. These artists followed their vision, lika lot of underground artists, and just expanded upon it, refined it. Turns out, that's what everyone of our generation likes.
Awesome.
Feast your eyes, and enjoy.

Entirely unralated but ABSOLUTELY MINDBLOWING is this website for a upcoming book called "The Deep" by Claire Nouvian. Every picture is so amazing so beautiful....I probably will have to buy it:

The Deep: Extraordinary Creatures from the Abyss