Four sections of an 'exquisite corpse' show a veiled, partly nuee female figure in silk stockings with skeletal 'Dia de los Muertos' face paint, wearing a large cross and holding a lit cigar. As with all 'exquisite corpse' constructions, mixed metaphors.
Exquisite Corpse (digital collage)
A female figure wrapped in silk descends stone steps into a grotto at the edge of a forest
Aphrodite enters a forest grotto. M: Astrid Kallsen
Seated red-hooded figure with Dia de los Muertos skeletal face paint including heart symbol and cross.
M: Ayeonne Gabrielle with Dia de Los Muertos face paint.
Waiting for Baron Samedi -- Maman Brigit waits on the portal of a tomb for Baron Samedi to arrive, and for the party of spirits to begin.
Maman Brigit waiting for Baron Samedi. As we approach Mardigras, a reminder that the restless spirits also will be intent on having their own fun. #NewOrleans #NOLA #voodoo #Mardigras #sepiaimage #cemetery
A toddler in an Aran knit sweater carries her nappies in a cloth bag.
Fairy Child. She carried her nappies in a cloth bag. #Aranknit #Ireland #CountyClare
A young nude woman with dark eyes calls attention to a single white azelia.
Dark-eyed beauty in the woods. M: Ayeonna Gabrielle www.ayeonnagabrielle.com #forestnymph #azelia #nudeart #ink #tattoo #outdoornude
A scowling woman with snake hair makes hex signs with her hands while staring out at the viewer.
Medusa -- M: www.instagram.com/marzipanned/ #bodypaint #fantasy #myth Body paint and concept collaborations with Sarah Marzipanned were always creative, and at times a little creepy. The hair wrap is on bailing wire.
Two female models in mud and wet-drape simulating sculptural figures.
Les Demoiselles -- Mud models (2016). The process involves a layer of refined slip clay then covered with a chunkier red clay loam, here color shifted to mimic copper statues. We do this only in Summer heat. #art #sculpture #mud #mudmodels #artphotography #mixedmedia
snow
Florida Panhandle north of Pensacola. After unprecedented 12 hour snowstorm, temperature at about 25 and set to drop to 12 by morning. The sundial on the edge of our deck shows about 8 in cover. Temps not set to go much above freezing for two days. Good thing I don't have to be anywhere.
Snow.
Florida Panhandle just north of Pensacola. Six hours into record 12 hour snow. I-10 closed from Alabama border to Crestview. Pretty, but weird. Given lack of equipment, key roads and bridges impassable. Locals here in Gaetz country are blaming Democrats, :)
Sculptural female figure seated on a block of stone under a tree by a lake.
Artistic Collage - The figure is a live model, www.facebook.com/sarahmarzipanned coated in mud and digitally color-edited, resituated along the shore of the lake at Kylemore Abbey in Conemarra, Galway. Mud always provides interesting sculptural textures. #mudsculpture #artisticnude #photocollage
A female figure emerging from a swirl of tulle.
Swirl -- Astrid had a lot of fun with a bolt of tulle @astridkallsen.bsky.social #nude #artnude #fineartnude #artisticnudephoto #noneroticnudity #classicalfigure #statuesquefigure
When I apply the 'artistic nude' label to my work, moderation applies the 'adult' label, and when I use the 'adult' label, moderation adds the 'artistic nude' label. Seems rather redundant to me, but for whatever reason I don't seem to be able to figure out the AI's nuance between nude and lewd.
A young woman partly clad in a white dress confronts the viewer with a fixed stare.
L'affrontement -- Model Sarah from our Balthus homage series (girl in a white dress) www.facebook.com/sarahmarzipanned #artisticnude
#homage #Balthus #eroticnude #eroticphotography #nude
#voyeurism #returnedgaze
A young woman in a white undershirt sits forlorn in a dark room.
Forlorn -- emotive study. Another image inspired by the work of Balthus. Model: Abi #figure #artphotography #art #nudeart #conceptualart #Balthus #homage
Woman in a black dress and beret holds a lit cigar.
My Father T B short-filler cigar -- Inexpensive but excellent taste from a Habano-Nicaraguan wrapper -- Model Abi #cigar #MyFatherCigars #torocigar #habanocigar
Emotive sepia image of an inked model in a rope halter and briefs, sitting on a travelling trunk.
Ink -- Model Ayeonna Gabrielle www.ayeonnagabrielle.com #ink #sepiaimage #artphotography #fineartfigure #rope #emotive
Rainspout in the form of a hare on a wall of St. Conan's Kirk, Loch Awe, Scotland.
St. Conan's Kirk. Rain spouts on the unusual structure take the form of various animals. #travel #architecture #StConan'sKirk #Scotland
Towers and buttress elements on the rear of St. Conan's Kirk, Loch Awe, Scotland.
St. Conan's Kirk, rear view showing mixed architectural features. Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. #travel #architecture #LochAwe #Scotland
Front entry of St. Conan's Kirk, Loch Awe, Argyll.
Close view of the front of St. Conan's Kirk, Loch Awe, Argyll. Famous for its integration of diverse historic architectural features. #travel #Scotland #historicarchitecture #LochAwe
Birth covered slopes below the Falls of Moness, Aberfeldy, Scotland.
View for height above the Falls of Moness, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. The long view off toward the highlands. #travel #Aberfeldy #Scotland #BirksofAberfeldy
Falls of Moness from just below the high point bridge, which is near the top of the frame above the falls.
Falls of Moness, , Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. Above the 'Birks of Aberfeldy' celebrated in a poem by Robert Burns. #travel #Scotland #waterfalls #Aberfeldy
View from the top of the open-air Minack theater on the coast of Cornwall.
Minack Theater, Porthcurno, Cornwall, located near Land's End. #travel #amazingplaces #Cornwall
Closeup of classically styles bronze statue of David Hume in Edinburgh, with Adam Smith statue and St. Giles Cathedral in the background.
David Hume statue, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, across the square from the Adam Smith statue and St. Giles Cathedral. #travel #Edinburgh #bronzesculptures
A young woman in reverie, partly undressed, reclines in a chair.
'Alone' -- Model Sarah from our Balthus homage series (girl in a white dress) www.facebook.com/sarahmarzipa... #artisticnude #homage #Balthus #eroticnude #eroticphotography #nude #voyeurism
A woman in a long cape exposes herself in a walled garden.
Garden of Delights -- M: Gabi #nudephotography #eroticphotography #eroticart #art #collage #naturalbeauty
Nude woman in a classical 'goddess statue' pose.
"Venus" -- Model: @astridkallsen.bsky.social #classicalnude #artisticnude #venus #greco-roman #figure #artphotography #statuesque
Nude, head-shaved female figure inscribed with poetry strike an evocative pose.
'The Pool' (poetic inscription) M: Riann Nova www.instagram.com/riann.nova_m... #poetry #inscription #nudefigure #nudephotography #fineartphotography
A young woman in a white tank undershirt sits in contemplation in a dark room.
Reverie. M: Ayeonna Gabrielle www.ayeonnagabrielle.com from my Balthus inspired series #emotiveart #artphotography #portraiture #homage #Balthus
A passage leads to a Holy Well dedicated to St. Brigid. Various offerings and ex-votoes line the walls leading to the well's pool.
Interior of Brigid's Well grotto, Liscannor, County Clare. #travel #Ireland #Clare #Holywells
