Neil Curtis
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Permanent Ink: Will we be able to wash it off?
🕑 Added 2025-08-03 06:00:05 +0000 UTCBy painting the chest the model was not about half painted. There was no way back now anymore and I guess Henrik was partly enjoying the session, but also worried a bit. I told him that we can always stop the session, but he wanted to keep going.
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Neil Curtis
Yes. But it would be very difficult. Remember that I am not painting the model, I am also filming it from 2-3 perspectives and document it with a camera.
Jarrett
It would be fascinating for the artist as living art to commit with the model to be painted to match each phase of the model’s painting
Neil Curtis
Thank you for that posting. You are absolutely right!
Jarrett
This piece is stunning—and a little haunting, in the best way. The choice to use semi-permanent black paint shifts the session from a temporary performance into something much deeper… almost ritualistic. Henrik’s vulnerability, especially in that moment of “no way back,” really struck me. There’s such quiet power in the line: “I told him we can always stop the session, but he wanted to keep going.” That kind of surrender—choosing to be marked, not knowing how long it’ll last—feels like the essence of trust in art. Thank you both for exploring something so daring, raw, and strangely beautiful.
