Wet Restraint

Two of my favorite elements appear in this little drawing, restraint and transparency. The depiction of a prick straining against fabric, the tumescence stretching the material to almost ripping is very exciting to me. There's a sense of urgency and need, a potency that still carries an air of expectant mystery. It conveys the intention rather than simply the process. And I've always been interested in how wet cloth displays whatever item it is draped over. there's just something about an intermediate layer that makes a person more keenly interested in seeing what exactly is on the other side.

— Michael Kirwan

Wet Restraint — 1997 — 4¼" x 5¾"