Mark's sense of eroticism expresses itself in a less voyeuristic and more spiritual way than most art associated with human passion. He is more interested in the merging of souls than the merging of organs. It is his lifetime self ordained duty to create a body of work that is filled with positive imagery surrounding lovemaking in a culture where sex is often associated with exploitation, violence and abuse.

He sees the merging of souls as the manifestation of the cosmic design inherent in all living things. He calls upon our divinity as natural sensual beings in harmony with our environment by depicting lovers in all forms.

He defines lovemaking as a revelation more than a thrill, respectful of the gentle interplay when all creatures are in harmony, including the elements associated with death and the infinite.

In his vibrant colored oil paintings he is imitating divinity by bringing something out of nothing into its own sense of existence. The deepest arts of our collective soul are delivered visually, imbued with the core of creation, and the love of humanity. Mark views eroticism and the sex ritual as a natural and exalted state of consciousness.

Born and raised in California, Mark spends part of his time living and traveling in the jungles of Costa Rica where he is creating a retreat for artists, and Santa Cruz, California where he paints daily in his studio, cooks exotic food and acts as a lap chair for two cats and his sweetheart, webgoddess Monti.

Photoprints of paintings by Mark Henson can be purchased here.

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Unauthorized use is prohibited.

View more of Mark's sensual paintings at his Web site.

Contact Mark at sacred@cruzio.com.