Towering PassionsIn Private collection

47 x 16 inches
Oils on canvas

An erotic landscape showing New York at night, the lights shining brightly and reflecting on the water. The image has strong horizontal lines, broken up with strong vertical lines within the centre third of the painting. The viewers eye sees these strong geometric lines and is happy. But, hidden within the painting are the more rounded shapes of two lovers, she on top of him, he prone below her. It will be obvious, when you see them, as to what they are doing, and yet, it will take the eye a while to see them, as they are painted subtly with the same muted colours as the buildings they are superimposed over, and the lights of the buildings painted over them has also helped to disguise them within the image. And since the contrast of the buildings is stronger than the contrast in the couple, they are well hidden. The painting is called “Towering passions” as I wanted to incorporate the lights of where the twin towers once stood, as a hint of the title, and perhaps a play on words for the erotic couple hidden within the buildings. I’ve loved doing this painting as I love hiding images within images.