Honesterotica and the fair use of images

29th May 2023

As anyone who visits this site regularly will know, the amount of material we have brought together over the years is pretty phenomenal – more than 500 artists, nearly 1,500 portfolios, and well over 50,000 images. We put a lot of effort into ensuring that our images are the best possible quality,… read more

In the raw

26th May 2023

The particular talent of today’s new artist, Hanjo Schmidt, is his portrayal of real people – like us – being intimate. All our engagement, all our imperfections, caught on his large canvases. See his work now by clicking here. What do you think, honestly?

Your favourites – the first contribution is in already!

24th May 2023

It’s been less than a week since we invited you to tell us which of the thousands of images on the honesterotica website are your all-time favourites, and Dave is the first to respond, we hope the first of many. Here are his choices, and why they particularly please him.

Now it’s your turn! Your… read more

Purple fantasies

22nd May 2023

Today’s new artist is the dark, enigmatic Charles Swann, a pseudonym for a purveyor of eroticism whose work nearly disappeared when Tumblr said ‘non’ to all NSFW imagery. But powerful and imaginative art never dies, and you can see Swann’s way now by clicking here.

Full of promise

21st May 2023

An intimate 1902 encounter with a very pregnant young woman is the basis for today’s new portfolio – Anna, the Pregnant Sweetheart, by the unexpectedly talented small-town Austrian writer and artist Franz Hirmann. See his whole story now by clicking here.

Getting closer

20th May 2023

Beautiful, colourful, rich, erotic – all describe the ‘closer’ paintings of today’s new artist, the South African-born, Amsterdam-based Ina van Zyl, who shows us her world, including the bits generally considered sexual but in her art something more – see her work now by clicking here.

500 artists! Tell us your favourites …

19th May 2023

The addition of Eric Fischl’s work brings us to a new milestone in honesterotica’s evolution – there are now five hundred artists on the website! Still lots more to come of course, but it’s definitely an achievement worth celebrating.

Conceived just six years ago, honesterotica has become the… read more

Exciting or plain embarrassing?

18th May 2023

The American ‘suburban’ artist Eric Fischl is today’s new offering. While his best-known erotic paintings date from the 1980s, he is still exploring the embarrassed nakedness of modern society and its strange art scene. Explore his work now by clicking here.

Skin in the game

17th May 2023

Eclectic, prolific, imaginative, talented – that’s today’s new artist, Anthony Christian, whose career spans more than half a century. We bring you an enormous collection of his explicitly erotic work by clicking here. Lots to see and enjoy!

Bacchanalia

14th May 2023

By popular demand, today we bring you the sexy nymphs and satyrs of Mark Blanton’s Satyromania. Sadly we learned recently that Mark is no longer with us, but his art lives on – see it all now by clicking here.