Arnulf Rainer - Camellia japonica (Blumenübermalung), 1982
[Pencil and colored pencil over original lithograph after a camellia portrait by Pierre-Joseph Redouté {Paris around 1920}]
Steve splayed on the bed in front of Eddie, pink crop top clinging to his chest, eyes piercing his own with an intensity that made the air in the hotel room vibrate. Eddie took a slow drag of his cigarette in a desperate attempt to calm his nerves. This would be a night neither of them would ever forget.
Made this piece to accompany my boob-window-Steve from last week. Also wrote a fic about it. “At the Edge of Ruin” on Ao3. Link below!