The Erotic Art of William Monje

The Erotic Art of William Monje

An extensive presentation, but far from all-inclusive.

The pieces presented here may be copied or downloaded for color printing for someone's personal collection or enjoyment, but all copyrights do apply. All rights reserved. Copies may not be sold. Reproductions elsewhere online are permitted, but with limits and with full credit to the artist and a link to this site provided in all instances. Under copyright law, "fair use" of this artwork online may be used as representational of the artist's work only, with acknowledgement to the artist by name; for informative or educational purposes; and for reviews and critiques. It may not to be used to represent anything other than the artwork itself; nor may it be used for commercial purposes, such as representing a product or service without written permission from the artist. Copyright law also protects artwork from distortion, defacing or other abuses.

As with my blog, opening with twenty-some articles totaling about 110,000 words, you're also welcome to download and keep the whole files (there are four parts to this exhibit) on a hard drive, zip disk or CD. At my age I find I have a greater interest in knowing my work is preserved, at least in some manner, somewhere, than I had an interest in marketing it when I was younger. As an old friend of mine called it, it's become a "legacy thing." In this day and age, with an Attorney General who believes a naked breast is evil (not to mention Super Bowl commentators who, you should have a hard time believing, are that easily offended), you never know what may happen to what was never anything but an innocent endeavor to simply create art, the subject matter notwithstanding. If it comes to the point where you have to hide if from Ashcroft, you'd better hide your calico cat too. (If you didn't get that last piece of advice, do a web search for Ashcroft+calico cats.)

The first file, or part one, is the introduction, entitled "Confessions of an Erotic Artist," with considerable commentary. It is about a meg. This part, part two, is an exhibit with about sixty full screen images of my artwork, and is a little over six meg. The other two parts, "Block Prints" and "Sculpture," are each about a meg or a little less.

The Self Portrait is done on a high quality parchment type paper. It is the first piece I did in Los Angeles after leaving Phoenix with what possessions I could load in my car. The only paper I had at the time was a few sheets of parchment. The next picture was the Witch and Sorcerer, also on parchment for the same reason. The Self Portrait is probably the best selling of my prints, although I've sold relatively few prints of the Witch and Sorcerer, possibly because it seems a bit spooky, even though I consider it one of my best works. The Self Portrait prints were in black on white paper, and were mostly hand colored, although I did sell the first printing in only black and white. The prints, relative to the original, were printed and matted to fit a standard 14" by 18" frame. I regret that there are no prints surviving the fire, which were hand colored with transparent watercolor.

Self Portrait: Original

Pen and Ink on Parchment

Image: 16 1/2" X 22" With Mat: 22" X 28"

Witch and Sorcerer

Original on Parchment/same size as Self Portrait

There are no surviving prints.

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