The Embrace

charcoal

30.5" x 40"

1968

This is doggie position with the reach a around.

69

One of my favorite pieces from Betty's Love Picture Exhibition.  Circa 1968

Woman & Swan

This is one of my favorite pieces.  For me, the woman is masturbating and this is her fantasy. 

Heidi

I love that Heidi is viewing some old school porn while she touches herself.

John

Betty's exhibition of masturbating nudes was a complete failure...that's when she realized that she'd hit the bottom line of sexual repression - the repression of masturbation.

Romeil

When Betty hung this life-size drawing, the gallery owner put a plant in front of Romeil's penis.

Leda & The Swan

This piece hangs in Betty's living room where we hold our Bodysex workshops today.

Jackie

You'll notice that Jackie is using an over-the-hand vibrator.

The Goddess

Betty drew this piece when she decided to start her own consciousness raising groups which would later become her Bodysex workshops. This is a self-portait - without knowing it she drew each vulva style behind her image and her right hand is in the Buddhist pose for teaching.

Bodysex Flyer

I love how Betty describes her workshop as a "pleasure ritual" and her goddess is perfection.