Alligator Pussy Painting

First painting in the series “Ladies of Leisure.”

Oil painting inspired by dark, romantic style with pop-art color qualities. Nature’s femininity is the cause of the painting, featuring a masturbating alligator as the muse and a neon-sign style Venus as a voyeur.

The jungle at dusk in a landscape with blending-in creatures behind the brush. It may be the most terrifying set-up. The muse, a black alligator with wildly ragged hair and the tongue of a Hindi Goddess. Floating Venus next to the orange, rising moon casts a mist over the whole scene. Shamelessly, and quietly the muse masterbates (or grooms) herself. This nod to OUR modern culture explores the privilege we possess in 2020 to allow us fine pleasantries and extracurricular activities like internet browsing and gorge-watching TV shows.

Inspired hugely by Henri Rousseau’s jungle paintings (although he had never seen the jungle and lived in France.) Also, an influence of “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli.

Artist Statement: Wild she-animals seek pleasure in the soft shift of sunshine to moonlight under jungle mist. Each voyeur has their own seat at the table of animalistic vaginal pleasure. A plethora of food and resources in the jungle results in hours of pleasure.