Forgiveness, Permission and Dominance

This is my latest drawing. It's all digital from start to finish. Click the image to enlarge.

I hope the title indicates some subtly in the piece despite its low-brow style. I also hope people can understand and enjoy the digital medium as I've used it here. Regardless of the title, the picture should also be appealing visually.

For this drawing (and many of my digital works) I find a close historical analogue in the exquisite etchings of Albrecht Durer. The obvious similarity (beyond formal elements) would be the welcomed use of new technology.

The drawing is intended to be sexual. Only on the surface. Conversely, there's very little direct reference to religion even though the characters are derived from religious iconography. Really, I think they can be seen as metaphors in a general sense of entanglement in language.

I use common phrases for the subject matter of many of my works. In this caseI used the phrase,

"Love makes the world go around" refers to the the spiral composition as well
what you might say is the dynamic of forgiveness, permission, and dominance.
That's why I decided not to title the piece with the phrase itself and rather use it as a subtlety to be potentially inferred from the title.

Of course, you could just see it for what it's worth and disregard all these interpretations altogether!

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