MetlViking

This collection is about one 50th of what I wish I could have posted. I sold or lost most of my work without photographing it. Dumb.

I wonder why I prefer making females the center of most of my stuff. When I was younger, everything I did revolved around a male figure. Even the females were usually little more than accessories to a male. It has to be more than simple maturity. Maybe females have taken a different role in my life. Whatever the reason, I see no end to my desire to make girls and women the focalpoint.

So far, in the short time I've been visiting deviantART, I've noticed the youthfullness of the members.Not only the number age, but the tastes in art show youth. I am at once hopeful and slightly dismayed. The sheer number of youthful members is astonishing, but the fact that so many seem to be enamoured with anime and manga is puzzling. Two and a half decades ago, when I was studying art and art history in college the masters were stressed and classic art was popular. Of course I loved animation and illustration as I do now, and anime and manga have come a long way.I just don't think I would have loved them as much as so many do at deviantART. I guess I should just be happy that art, any art form, is alive and well. And I have learned to appreciate and maybe even love anime, so why complain?

For years my art has been for myself or select few who went out of their way to request something. My opinion has been, "they can see my stuff when I'm dead." I have shown nothing publicly for a very long time. My status has been strictly underground. So for me to join a community like this goes against who I am psychologically. I don't deal with critics nor praisers well. A smile and shrug is usually the best response one gets from me.

I hope that by making my art public, I can learn to deal with attention, if it garners any that is. I have been told that I 'need to get there', and air my stuff out. Alright, fine, whatever. i'll do it then dammit.

What I paint, sculpt and draw is about 90% woman based. The heroes in my novels, (also soon to be made public) are women. I simply love women. Not only sexually, but soulfully. I especially love strong women.

I have stacks of work that needs to be photographed, scanned and catalogued, so eventually this page will house the largest collection of my work. For what that's worth...