Darren Daz Cox, now in Pekin Illinois!
When art happens you should notice it!
~~**Moonbeam dancing girl painting by Darren Daz Cox**~~
I was asked by a fellow artist what my ‘fascination’ with the female form in art is.
I’m not sure I have any particular fascination beyond the traditional ones, appreciation of beauty, sexual interest, that feeling of protection, pride and potential we get from seeing children and an innate pro-human solidarity. I like organic lines and shapes and the emotions we get from faerie tales – we can live happily ever after! just believe!
One of the most interesting things about being human is how multi-faceted our minds are and I enjoy the challenge of figuring out what pushes my buttons.
That exploration of psychology is another part of what I find interesting in art and the female figure is often the most complex motif to decypher because I am seeing the figure through the filter of my life experience with females.
Luckily my experience with females has been mostly positive, so my figures reflect those experiences in some positive way. I have a strong mother who leads by example, both my sisters are beautiful and intelligent, my niece is brilliant and constantly amazing.
I’ve had some great loves and while fate and my immaturity has torn them from me I am optimistic that I will find love again. I don’t have anything to prove to myself anymore, except maybe the challenge of fatherhood and if it happens I will meet that challenge!
The main reason I paint the female figure though, is because it is a tradition in art, the ‘ultimate’ motif and a challenge for me to follow in the footsteps of my ancestors.
I like the idea of using a female figure to represent an idea, allegorical figures.
For example ‘truth’ has been traditionally represented by a nude female. Truth is probably the main allegorical figure I use, I see a truth and represent it. For example the truth being represented in this painting below is that girls feel a need to spontaniously pose, obviously there is a biological and sociological reason why females ‘show themselves off’, but more than that, it is art in the purest form.
~~**Moonbeam dancing girl painting EARLY PHASE by Darren Daz Cox**~~
I was driving by the park near my home and there was a group of young people chatting , one of them happened to jump on a rock, make a momentary pose and then jump off. It was totally spontanious and for one brief moment she was ‘the star’, her friends were the audience as was I. It was a moment of art that transcended the everyday and I wanted to pay homage to that moment in a painting. The other figures represent things too but it is obvious who is the center of attention!
Check out the Flickr group for fine art using the female figure here
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Originally posted 2008-01-09 10:37:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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March 7th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
What an odd question to ask an artist. It would be more sensible to ask someone why they *weren’t* fascinated by the human form.