frank behnsen a.k.a. "fbi" - Bondage Artist

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Hommaging the graphic tradition of legendary bondage artist John Willie, in frank's erotic drawings there are little if any environmental elements distracting the eye from the persons depicted.  Helplessly exposed to the viewer, the men and women in skillful rope bondage seem to fully focus on their restrictive ties. The artist's non-stereotypical view sometimes attaches the persons in his drawings with an expression of self-confidence and pride not often seen in bondage images. Comments from "Mr. T" of Shortfuse Productions: "Even though I'd been sent things like that periodically from other people, I thought his were *really good*. [ ... ] I just think they're about as cute as can be, and part of what I like is that they show the human side of things, where everyone isn't 24 years old with an absolutely perfect body.  Plus, being an artist myself for over 20 years I thought he did a great job."  Most of frank's original work is mixed media -- ink, pencil, layout marker pen, crayon -- on paper. Recent images are a heavy blend of scanned drawings and computer graphics (digitally retouched images in the forum library are indicated by an "X" in the file name).

About the artist ----------------

Born 1962.

Graphic designer M.A., freelance illustrator.

First bondage drawings at age 16. Early work influenced by the art of John

Willie and Franco Saudelli.

1990 Co-founder of the BDSM community group in Hannover.

From the early to mid-90es, contract artist and graphic designer for BDSM

magazine "Schlagzeilen", Hamburg.

1992 First exhibition of bondage drawings in Hannover.

1996 Exhibition "favourite obsession" at "No Respect" gallery, Munich.

1997 First on-line exhibition at "The Mister T. Home Page".

1998 On-line exhibition at the "No Respect" website.

1999 On-line exhibition at "Deutsches Bilder Forum" on CompuServe.