Rich Thistle Erotic Art

RICH THISTLE is a Canadian visual artist respected for his military & general aviation art, automotive art, watercolor & acrylic landscape paintings of Canada's lake country & erotic art. His images have been published as limited-edition prints & collector plates & appear on the covers of Canadian, American & British magazines, books & in television documentaries. One of his paintings is depicted in bronze in the Royal Canadian Mint’s CANADA REMEMBER’S medallion set. Thistle originals are in corporate, public & private collections, including the Canadian War Museum, Channel Islands Jersey Museum, HRH King Charles III, Canadair Bombardier, 431 Squadron Snowbirds, CFB Greenwood, Penn West Energy & others. Rich welcomes collectors to his private studio in Wasaga Beach ON Canada.

Artist Statement
"As should be obvious by now, I freely confess to a very liberal attitude toward sexuality & yet I still somehow feel vaguely motivated to make at least a cursory explanation about why I am enthused about expressing this intensely personal part of myself in this manner.

And remember, the boundaries of eroticism are subjective, ill-defined & especially dependent on culture & personal taste. Thankfully, in most societies, it has been quite some time since the sight of a bare female leg was considered obscene, immoral or inappropriate. The artist chooses the human figure as a subject for many reasons. To paraphrase a famous maxim, woman is the measure of all things, possibly the supreme transformation of matter into form, & in my opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with admiring the form. I feel in no way apologetic to anyone about these erotic images, no matter how ingrained their personal biases may be.

Consensual sex, including sexual fetishes which can function as elements to enhance bedroom relationships, is a natural part of life which should be celebrated, not secreted away in some dark corner. It feels very positive & affirmative to share my erotic images with those who are like minded."
~ Rich Thistle