Bathing Woman (2023) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Drawing,
Pastel
on Cardboard
- Dimensions Height 17in, Width 11in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Drawings under $5,000 Symbolism Nature
Shared bathing facilities appear throughout post-Ice Age civilizations and both naturally and artificially heated communal bathing facilities are found in almost all temperate zone cultures while both temperate and tropical cultures have developed cool water communal bathing traditions.
As humans, we all understand the desirability of such facilities and why they are an important element in most cultures, ancient and modern along with their frequent accompaniment/substitute, perfumes.
I have a whole, revolutionary theory on the background, context and implications of bathing as a social phenomenon ... but it would take volumes to describe, and this isn't the place for that.
Images like this embody those volumes of words in symbolic, non-verbal form. And that is the power of representational art. If you study this image long enough and with enough self-awareness, you will unlock one of the hidden truths of human existence and answer several variations of the great question, "Why are things the way they are and not some other way?" Why did this person lay down pigment in this and not some other way? Or you can dismiss it as a funny drawing of a naked girl.
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
- Nationality: UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists