I stumbled across Laura Demonista on Flickr. The stream is adult in the main and deals largely (but not exclusively) with erotic art, created initially in Second Life and then fine tuned outside. Unless you’re signed into Flickr you should not be able to see these images, that is as long as Laura has flagged them correctly, if she hasn’t she deserves a damn good spanking! Seriously folks, please flag your Flickr images correctly, it’s better for everyone if you do that.

Whilst interviewing Laura I feel like I’ve stepped into a Philip Marlowe story, or maybe a David Lynch one,  although I resist the temptation to don a trenchcoat and a trilby. Laura’s steam has a noirish feel to it in parts, as I settle down in a seat in Laura’s office, I notice that the blinds are closed, I can hardly make Laura out as she sits at the desk across from me, Laura manages to play the detective and the femme fatale perfectly, although she avoids smoking a cigar during the course of the interview and I’m sensible enough not to ask if she does smoke, I do note a revolver on the desk, which is enough to intimidate me into playing nicely, that’s for sure!

We settle down to the interview and Laura starts with a bombshell:

“I am not an artist in any true sense of the word. I cannot paint, I cannot draw. I am always vastly impressed by the beauty, the imagination and the mastery of those who can. I have my particular favourite artists. Jack Vettriano is one example, Vargas is another. I love the power of images. I love the tales they tell, the beauty that can be created.”

Am I being played here, I wonder, is this really Laura Demonista or have I been setup for a fall? Laura quickly removes my misgivings by explaining that although she is not a traditional artist, this has not deterred Laura from creating images using Second Life, so where did it all begin?

“My very first image that I could reasonably call art was taken in March, 2011. Everything before that was a simple snapshot. I wouldn’t say it was GOOD art but I can call it art.”

Where does Laura get her inspiration from to create the images she does, what actually inspires Laura:

“The simple and rather trite answer is everything. I wish I could be more accurate but I can be inspired by anything at any time. I see a wine label that says “Room Temperature” and an image pops into my mind. Ideas come constantly and I stopped questioning it.”

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