This is a little awkward. More so than usual.
Flying back from Studio 58’s Naughty Gras, I got really lucky to find myself sitting next to a young woman who was a blacksmith for a living, and she shoes horses. And it’s really hard in moments like this, when you know people with fetishes that cross paths with an occupation, not to do the wink wink, nudge nudge moment. But I’m old enough not to infer that she might have pony play pals or make guesses as to her sexual preferences. That’s the sort of thing to let her bring up if she cares to.
But I needed to draw something, so I started with a high heeled shoe and began adding in horse themes like a spur, and horseshoes, and she thought that was cool. She showed me her Instagram, I gave her my card.
A day after the flight, I kept drawing and inking. I needed to put something in that spot between the heel and the sole. I started with a ponyboy, but then moved towards a pony girl. It was going to be a silhouette, but I found myself adding details.
And I realized, if she sees this on Instagram, it’s really, really, going to be weird. And of course, the pony girl is topless, so I can’t show it on Instagram anyway. So a censored version of the work in progress ended up on there.
What’s funny is, the blacksmith looks NOTHING like the pony girl here. I thought, maybe she’s a handler, maybe she has a “stable.” Or maybe she could be completely straight and vanilla and have nothing to do with fetish art and all our silly stuff.
And something happened as I sharpened up my sketch last weekend. A video on Chappell Roan popped up and I found myself humming “Pink Pony Club” as I inked in the red… And something in me went… yeah! Color the pony girl in pink. It was hard getting the pink gel pen in all the tight spots, but that worked out.
Something is coming together on this. I’ve been doing a lot of small artwork when at C-Frenz gay bar in Reseda, and my default while I’m there is shoes. The regulars love it. I’m seriously thinking of approaching Steve to do a solo show at the bar for fun. Maybe I could do the opening as part of Club Caelum. I don’t know where exactly this is going, but it’s fun. If I get more than 10 pieces before the end of this year, I’ll do it.
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