Kira Ayn Varszegi

Kira Ayn Varszegi
bio

I'm well-documented web-based artist/photographer, best known for my fine art breast paintings and past collaborative projects with Koopa the turtle (now retired from painting.) I've been creating breast paintings since 2001. I'm the first internet-based professional to treat the method as a fine art rather than a novelty/fundraiser/fetish/publicity scheme. I enjoy life's gray areas & working with nontraditional methods and mediums. I paint with various body parts, wind-up toys, remote-controlled vehicles, fruits & vegetables, and occasionally brushes & palette knives. Familiar mediums include oil, acrylic, tempera, gouache, crayons, cocoa, coffee, red wine, strawberries/cherries/blueberries and melted chocolate. All of my works are well-documented and legibly titled, signed, and dated on the reverse. I treat my art as an investment and I hope you will too.

Much of my work is the result of experimentation with elements, heat, time, gravity & acceleration. My photography is varied - flora and fauna, industrial, macro, extended exposure, B & W and/or digitally manipulated. I enjoy the challenge of making a "boring" photo more dramatic or interesting via photoediting. My main skills are in color mixology, macro photography, long-exposure photography, digital photo enhancement, restoration and/or manipulation. I always strive to stay as uninfluenced as possible, whether I'm working on a painting or composing a photo. Most of my photography is posted on my blog.

I've loved painting since preschool, I've had an affinity for photography since elementary school, and I've been crafting jewelry high school. I also enjoy video editing, although I'm my no means a pro. I use basic features to make dumb little clips like this one:

If the weather's nice and I've got free time, there's an excellent chance that I'm fishing.

August 2009 - 5 1/4 lb.largemouth - caught with rubber frog - released alive! :-)

The photos below are a very small sampling from my "New Hope" series - created entirely with my breasts (excluding base coat and varnish.) My style transformed/evolved several times since the beginning. The paintings below are all originals that were created between 2001 and 2009.

Here's a random list of some of my favorite things:

pancakes with Canadian maple syrup (sorry Vermont)
pure silence
Pop Rocks
snow
seedless watermelon
sirloin steak
sleeping (when I can)
sarcasm
freshwater fishing (I'm all about the bass)
stuffed cherry peppers (proscuitto and provolone)
the blues (especially Buddy Guy and B.B. King)
the coldness of a turtle's breath
The Boston Red Sox
houseplants
Ichiro Suzuki
having low mileage
my dinghy
Cirque du Soleil
The Shawshank Redemption (the movie)
IQ tests
video games, especially Call of Duty 4
red wine
annual game club turkey shoot
laser tag
charity
crossword puzzles
GAMES magazine (and GAMES World of Puzzles)
Drakkar Noir
A Prayer for Owen Meany (the book)
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney World
video editing
high thread count sheets
Wendy's chili
quietwater kayaking
Vitamin Water - Power-C (mmm dragonfruit)
my husband
the Nintendo curtains behind me in this photo:

(paintings from the "Pandamonium" series)

My dislikes include panic attacks, the New Jersey Turnpike, Family Guy, loud commercials, seafood, paper cuts, "psychics," screaming children, viscous condiments (just pickles and onions for me), politics, birthdays, snobs, the DMV, racism, April 15, Dick Vitale, cheesecake, the puff-of-air-in-your-eye glaucoma test, not having cruise control, Rachael Ray's voice, Crocs, organized religion, panic attacks, pelvic exams, ferris wheels, the price of razor blade cartridges, getting sunburned, and waiting in long lines. Anything else you want to know? Just ask! Email me!

(my gamertag is TurtleKiss on the PS3 as well)

I'd be honored to create a custom painting for you! Send me an e-mail.