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Muse: A model who serves as a source of inspiration for an artist. Their relationship is often complex and multifaceted, involving not just posing for the artist, but also immersing themselves in the artists thoughts and emotions. This relationship becomes a bond that few outside the true art community understand.
A model an artist uses often is not a true muse, just a model that is used often.
Muse Anna
Anna and I began working together in June of 2002. She soon became my coveted model, partner, collaborator, best friend and yes, lover. Anna threw her entire heart and all her emotions into creating our work, which spilled over into our private lives. I watched her mature and get married, and even photographed her wedding. Her husband became a close friend and often accompanied her to my home, where he would fish while we worked.
But alas, things do not last forever, as she and her husband have taken employment in a faraway place. My muse is gone, and my creativity along with my soul have been torn from my very being.
Attempting to recover, and seeking a probably nonexistent replacement muse... In the meantime, enjoy some of our artwork, and a few behind the scenes images of over 20 years.
Anna Raw - age 18
There are a few prints of Anna still available. Email me with your interests and I will get back to you a.s.a.p.
* after the title indictes the print is no longer available.
The Woodman's Child *
No Shade In The Petrified Forest *
Anna's Private Collection
The Gap *
Renaissance Picnic *
Kinsey Institute Collection
Do You Want To Dance, Or Do You Want To Dance *
Prelude To A Neck Kiss
Birth Of Venus *
Your Husband Will Be Home Soon *
Kinsey Institute Collection
Kinsey Institute Collection
Lady Above The Bar *
The Diver *
This one has a private story behind it, thus it hangs forever on my wall.
Published-The Nude In Art
R.R.Hood *
Rocket Man *
And The Sea Shall Grant New Hope *
Center For Fine Art Photography Collection
Anna - age 20
Flight *
Published-Bodies In Motion
Nose Dive To Nowhere *
Smithtown Collection
Sometimes You Loose Your Footing *
Argentine Tango *
Behind The Scene Capture-Got swept down river.
Icarus Also Flew *
Anna - age 26
Anna's Favorite Light *
Anna - age 21
Queen's Throne
Pygmalion And Galatea *
Anna - age 31
The Brush *
The Chess Player *
Kinsey Institute Collection
Simon Says
Anna - age 34
Giant Killer *
Gallery 13 Collection
The Wrestler *
Center For Fine Art Photography Collection
Hot Blooded
Morning Tai Chi *
Anna - age 20
Dangerous Dance *
Moon Landing *
River Strole *
Published-Bodies In Motion
Last Tango In Marcell *
Anna - age 36
Anna - age 32
Mine Tonight *
Slot Car Track *
Ocotillo Dance *
Published- Desert Nudes
University Of Arizona Museum Of Art
She Almost Slipped Through My Fingers
Anna - age 37
Forgiveness *
Crazy Horse *
Kinsey Institute Collection
Arch Of Triumph
Just Hold Me *
Behind The Scenes - Muse/Artist personal time
Behind The Scenes
It is difficult for most people to understand an artist/muse relationship. If you find yourself judging our behavior, you are probably in the wrong place. May I suggest you go, here.
Figurehead *
All Things Being Equal... *
You Need Some New Toenail Polish, Woman *
You're Such A Square *
Stretch
The Cliff Dwellers #3 *
Lombard Collection
Tomorrow's Another Day *
Shells *
Plasma Cloud *
Hiker's Victory
Mamma Duck *
Contort *
Invitation To Dance *
Behind The Scenes-personal time
Making of Renaissance Picnic
Valley Of Fear *
Headlock *
Behind The Scenes-personal time
Behind The Scenes - Bug Spray Combat
Anna - age 25
Anna #741 *
Storms A Brewin *
Published-Skin
We Can't Tonight, I Have To Be Home *
Behind The Scenes - Garden Raid
Anna #733 *
Chain Link Fence
School Of Fine Arts Collection I.U.
Take Me To Africa *
You Can Carry On Till The Night Is Done And It's Time To Go *
Anna - age 33
My Love
Shadow Dancer
Left With Nothing *
Don't Cry My Dear *
Capture The Sun
Miss Liberty
Raising Superior's Dead *
Spirit Of Ecstasy *
Wentworth Collection
Behind The Scenes-Think I was just enjoying her ass.
The Cliff Dwellers #7 *
Amore Gallery Collection
Conjuring *
Rumpelstiltskin *
Three Tomatoes In A Bean Field *
R.R.Hood #2 *
Herron Collection
Anna - age 19
American Erotic Collection
Voyeur *
The Kiss *
Rings
Prep *
One Fine Art Gallery Collection
Trying ideas for Renaissance Picnic. Didn't get used.
Graffiti
Gentle Touch
Can You Stay The Night? *
The Thinker *
Hard Body *
Amore Gallery Collection
Lonely Girl *
French Vogue Collection
Dance The Night Away *
Herron Collection
Victory
Headless Chicken *
Published-Skin
I Use To Be A Dancer, Many Years Ago *
Going For A Wet Ride
Behind the scenes - Time for a Mike's.
Can You Feel It?
Anna and I were completely comfortable with each other, in all respects.
Emerging Nymph
Seem To Have Lost My Way
Hairy Hand On A Puffy Nipple *
Behind The Scenes - Emotions
Resentment *
Skyhook *
Amore Gallery Collection
Cold Cliff Creek *
Aren't You A Little Bit Ashamed? *
Nothing But Gray Skies Heading My Way *
Start Of The Pinecone Waltz *
One Fine Art Galley Collection
Trying ideas for Renaissance Picnic. Didn't get used.
Pine Cone Waltz *
Pensive *
Making of the Renaissance Picnic
Can We Go Somewhere Tomorrow? *
Anna - age 40
Behind The Scenes Artist/Muse Perk
We're Not Done Yet
Making of Renaissance Picnic
Don't Give Your Heart To Anyone *
Cactus Flower
The Story Of O *
Soft Light *
Herron Gallery Collection
If You Only Knew How Much I'm Hurting *
Anna - age 29
Valley Of Fear #2 *
TV Light *
Published-Nude In Art
Feel My Heart Beat
Artist's Model
My Elinore Thornton *
Behind The Scenes-Oops, Rogue Wave Got Her.
Never Going To Let You Go *
Quit Being Such A Crab *
The Wind Talker *
University Of Arizona School Of Art
The Scent Of A Woman
"You Are Dripping All Over The Place."
"Well, That Slimy Patch Over There Is Not From Me."
Behind The Scenes
Inelegance of being human
Pulp Fiction *
Behind The Scenes-No idea
Four Tomatoes In A Bean Field *
The Last Outpost
R.R.Hood #5 *
Anna & Erin
Mary In A Tub *
A Moment Alone
Center For Fine Art Photography Collection
Sleeping Next To Me *
Mollusk
If You Tell Me To Go, I Won't *
Behind the scenes-shower time
Pillar Of Creation *
Now, Can You Dance? *
Anna - age 24
Cedars
I'll Never Get Off The Ground
I Want To Be In The Spotlight *
Herron Collection
Sticky Pitch *
Making of the Renaissance Picnic
Anguish
Acid Rain *
Pure Anna *
Renaissance Art *
Orgasm *
Tango Magic *
Sort of Behind the scenes-All work and no play makes Dave a dull boy.
Anna - age 35
Push
Over the years Anna scared about ten years off of my life. This was one of those times. 150 feet with nothing but rocks below.
Prairie River Meditation *
Anna - age 22
Behind the scenes-Cool down time
The Start Of Something More
I Only Take Off My Hat For One Thing *
How Does That Church Thing Go? *
Pull Me In *
Indiana University School of Art & Design
Baby Soft *
Behind the scenes-getting ready to do something fun, apparently.
Uncontrolled Landing *
Smithtown Collection
Pray For Forgiveness *
Anna - age 27
I Must Fly Where You Can't Follow *
All We Are Is Dust In The Wind *
Anna - age 35
Herron Collection
Day Dreaming
Toes
Hand And Foot
Come Lay Beside Me
I'm Not Letting You Go Tonight
One Is A Lonely Number *
Trying ideas for Renaissance Picnic. Didn't get used.
Just Anna
Valley Of The Sun *
Havana Nights *
Another time Anna scared a few years off my life. That is a long way down. Those are trees not bushes. Lousy photo, but I thew my camera and clamped a death grip around her ankle in case she couldn't get back upright.
Jump In, For My Love *
Behind the scenes-Rental Cabin
"Don't stare at my boobs."
Behind the scenes-
Talking ideas. I learned to listen to her.
Take Me With You *
No Stockings *
Anna - age 24
Hungry Eyes *
We going to keep working, or go lay down? *
Need to be held - Behind the scenes
Suckle
Snails *
Anna - age 38 / Me - age 67
Lake Roosevelt
Somebody just woke up - Behind the scenes
Strength *
Behind the scenes stretching
Dance With Me *
Behind the scenes-napping with her dog
Behind the scenes - Cold studio
Reflections Of My Memory
The Lift
Sunrise Dance
Temperence River
Of Course, Some People Do Go Both Ways *
Zen *
I Want To Be With Somebody *
Not Quite A Shoe Store #2 *
Stork *
Mills Pond Gallery Collection
Lone Prairie
Mountains In The Distance *
She's Like The Wind *
V *
Landslide
Long Way Home *
Gallery 13 Collection
Just Try Me
The Vodka Bottle Is Over There *
Forever *
Dimples *
French Vogue Collection
This Is Not A Ski Resort Like You Promised
Unconditional
Triangle
Just A Little Lower If You Please *
All I Ever Wanted Was Love *
I Belong To Someone Else
Going To Be A Harsh Climb *
Charge
Loneliness
I Could Have Been A Dancer *
We Could Have Done Better
Conclusion Of The Pinecone Waltz *
Trying out ideas for the making of the Renaissance Picnic. As you may have noticed by now, this was a labor intensive project that required much mental and physical preparation. Didn't get used.
Into The Light
Chicken With A Wig *
Reach
Hokey Pokey *
Navigation Hazard
Catching The Mist
Cliff Dwellers #4 *
Bank Left *
I Love You This Much *
Behind the scenes-kiss break
Anna - age 30 / Me -age 59
Tiny Little Waterfall
Red's Submission *
Cuddle Up And Cry *
The Maiden
Just Like Gary Cooper *
Not Quite A Shoe Store #4 *
Don't Look At My Ass
Bridge Of Friendship
And Now, For My Next Performance... *
Behind the scenes - Lost in thought
Cold, Cold Heart *
The Fall At Red Cliff *
Yes I'm Free, Free Falling
Behind the scenes-Stopped the car to take in the view. She made the foreground better.
Remember Me Tomorrow *
Laughing because the old man had just fallen off the modeling table.
Too Many Hands *
Stop And Smell The Roses *
Catch A Falling Star *
Warmth Of Summer *
Anna - age 39
Self Love
I loved having Anna's dog in the studio while we worked. He managed to clean all the cobwebs out of the corners.
Ultrathon *
Who Are Those Guys? *
Rare two model shot, with Erin
Dance The Night Away *
The Woman In Green *
Anna - age 41
Very rare shot of Anna clothed
Going My Way?
Goalie
Crazy Horse #2 *
One last, Simon Says. Thanks, folks!
We thank you for your visit to our work and a peek into our Artist / Muse relationship.
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