“Lovers Quarrel”
ALEXANDER PAIGE – 2023 Pencil Drawing “Lovers Quarrel”
This tension filled sexualized encounter between a man & a woman who is pulling at him is a playful line drawing depicts the reality of how relationships can switch from bliss to expectation to unmet expectation to hardship sexuality and movement executed on paper an abstract loose free flowing line style surrounding a moment of decadence and excess. The women who is Lisa Danielle the artists former lover pulls for the attention and validation from the man in the picture who is the artist Alexander Paige, who is shown wielding a sword, which symbolized uniqueness & personal strength. Lisa Danielle demanded everything and smothered the artist. This rendering is a timeless look into the artists interior as his former lover drove him insane. This drawing is shaped from personal life experiences. The distinct minimal pencil line quality is drawn in a stylized simple line style by Alexander Paige produced from imagination as a tribute to female form while in complete solitude in 2023.