Artist Aaron Wooten

I found out about Aaron reading a magazine (no, don't remember which one) at Border's Books in Boston. The painting that was featured was one a Marilyn Monroe posing nude done in gratuitous shades of browns, grays and reds. I loved the way his brush strokes were loose yet direct at the same time. The image of Marilyn was a caricature of her body but Aaron kept the distortions of the head limited as though Marilyn body was erased and replaced by some genetic copy of her former body.

I felt compelled to visit his website to see more of his work and was not disappointed. Some people might think of his work as simplistic and perhaps sophomoric but I enjoyed his work. I love the way he distorts his figures so that they are grotesque and a bit sexy at the same time.

I particularly loved the images in his "Beach Chicks and Beatniks" collection and for more adventurous (18 or older) crowd, I also loved the pseudo-abstract images of the orgies in Aaron's "Uninhibited" collection. Aaron uses hard-edged shades of red to create these crazy images of fornication. Viewers be warned, the "Uninhibited" collection is not for G crowd.

You can visit Aaron's web site at:
web.mac.com/aaronrwooten/