20” x 16”

Medium: Acrylics on canvas panel

As an artist and a long-term prisoner, I'm frustrated with prison censorship of nudity and sexuality. My character, Ishragul (aka Gully) is clearly not human but is clearly female, so she can't be shown nude. Kind of absurd in my opinion. Since policy changed in 2001, I've seen the effect of having no sexual outlet on prisoners. I've met many men who have been raped in prison, seen more sexualizing and harrassment of staff, and heard of more inappropriate sexual behavior in the last 23 years than I would ever have believed in my first 10 years. This piece is my humorous protest against censorship of at least art work.