Tracings (installation view); paper, ballpoint pen, marker, baby oil; variable dimensions, 2008

Baby oil stained sheets of notebook paper make a form of homemade tracing paper that is used to create erotic drawings of male models, mostly from major print media advertising sources (e.g. underwear ads from department store circulars, newspaper sports sections, even my middle-school yearbook). I developed this “process” in secrete during early adolescence, likely due to the availability of those particular resources.