Kaj as Draughtsman: Girlfriends in Tights

by Kaj

Hi all,

A week ago I discussed with Geraden about the possibility of starting a tights art gallery. The conversation awakened some memories from my own glorious past, from the time when I was a keen draughtsman myself. I had to browse in my own archives, and somewhere in the darkest corner of the drawer I found two tights related biographical drawings.

The first Indian ink work features Miss X, a literature student, with whom I had a summer romance in 1986. But the summer turned to autumn and love faded (how sentimental!).

The second drawing is made a half year later and shows Miss Y ( nowadays a lawyer) defending herself against the diabolic Kaj’s attack.

The image texts are in Swedish; here are free translations in English:

Miss X in her dark blue (ribbed) cotton tights that make her feel just like ’this’ (dancing). On the floor lies a petticoat. From The Trip to Åbo (in Finnish ‘Turku’, the oldest town in Finland and Miss X 's hometown) Series, August-September 1986.

Kaj tries to tear Miss Y’s tights.