The Art of the Binge (Patreon)

Hi Gang:

Good Friday to you!  I'm up to my elbows working on my next One Night Adventure game and wasn't able to cobble together a new chapter of "The Harem on the Hill" for this week.   However, I wanted to put something on your plate for the weekend and figured now would be a good time to introduce you to the paintings of Lee Price: https://evokecontemporary.com/Artists/lee-price.html

In addition to being incredibly technically proficient, Ms. Price (yes, the artist is a woman) paints subject matter tailor-made to our kink: pretty women sequestered away and over-indulging on all manner of junk food.  

Of course, they weren't designed to be titillating.  Here is what the artist has to say about her unusual oeuvre:

There are two threads that my paintings follow: one being a discussion on women’s relationship with food, the other being a discussion on compulsive behavior. At times the two threads intertwine. The overhead perspective emphasizes the fact that the women are watching their own actions; watching themselves in the middle of their out of control behavior but unable to stop. The settings are private spaces, spaces of solitude, and mainly, unusual places to find someone eating. The private space emphasizes the secrecy of compulsive behavior and the unusual settings emphasize its absurdity. The solitude/peace of the setting is a good juxtaposition to the frenetic, out-of-control feel of the woman’s actions.  

She goes on to discuss how her paintings are a commentary on wasteful consumption, and the inner turmoil of women, who are taught to nurture others often at the expense of themselves.   

Not to sound like an uncultured swine, but I really don't care about all that.  I just find them hot!  

Most of the compositional elements that Ms. Price imbues her paintings with to add deeper meaning also serve to arouse me.   While the perspective is designed to convey an "out-of-body" experience for the binger it also serves as a “fly-on-the-wall” perspective for a voyeur.  And while the isolationistic settings are intended to "emphasize the absurdity," according to the artist, it all seems pretty natural to this perv.  

I find the idea of a buttoned-up woman losing control and giving in to her prurient interests hot (especially if they involve stuffing and weight-gain), but I especially like that the over-indulgences in Ms. Price’s paintings occur in isolation, behind closed doors, and likely come served with a side-order of shame.  The ambiguous women, who in many works are literally painted into a corner, stuff themselves with reckless abandon before they’re caught by loved ones or have time to think about what all that junk food will do to their figures. 

This one is my favorite. The woman in the tub has clearly done this before. I love that she started eating with a plate and fork (“just a small slice”) before abandoning all pretense of civility and lifting the cake into the tub with her. There, behind the locked bathroom door, she can indulge in peace before completely washing away all evidence of her excessive gormandizing…except, of course, for the caloric clues that have swaddled themselves around her hips, ass, stomach and breasts.

Anyway, I hope you didn't mind getting "force-fed" a little culture today.  All I know is, if the museums my parents dragged me to as a kid had art like this on the walls I would have gone much more willingly :).

Have a great weekend!

Maverick