Seduction 1984

Here is the text for your audio guide: This is Boris Vallejo’s painting Seduction. Looking at those figures emerging from the blue, I’m thinking about the artist in the studio, mixing his colors, trying to make something pop out of the background. Vallejo’s dark-haired sorceress figure has this compelling gaze. Maybe he was thinking about old myths and legends, fairy tales, good and evil… you know, the kind of stuff that gets your imagination going. The way he plays with light on the bodies, it's like he's sculpting with paint, giving the impression they are caught in a dream. The contrast of the black hair is interesting. It’s not just about what things look like but about making you feel something too. There’s something very powerful about the ability of painters to make their own worlds, and invite us in. It's not about fixed ideas, but about the possibilities of paint itself. It's all part of this ongoing conversation between artists, where everyone's riffing off everyone else.