Reb’s Notes on “Coco”

The artist “Coco” has been a long-time favorite of mine. He incorporates very muscular women in his bondage scenarios. Muscular, but still incredibly sexy, which is an art style that I had never seen before Coco’s work.

His “victims” find themselves in some extreme circumstances. Tho severe, they are still achievable by a true bondage devotee. From a stressful restraint point of view, his work reminds me a lot of “Bishop’s” art…excellent ropework – stringent leather straps, cinched so tightly the skin bulges from exquisite pressure. Definitely showing a deep knowledge of the art of true bondage. Elbows touching behind the back…awareness of blood flow, weight displacement, what can really be done. Incredible work!!

I was thrilled when “Coco” recently contacted me. I thought he lived in Germany, because of the German language in many of his art pieces. He told me it is because he has been doing a lot of work for German publishers.

Actually “Coco” is Dutch, and lives in Holland. You can contact him for commissioned artworks at: Cocoproductions@comic.com

Make sure to check out Coco’s website…lots of older work, tons of new art, and you can also obtain “Coco” art books on his site as well…go to:
www.cocoproductions.com

10/1/2001 – Yeah! I just heard from “Coco”…here’s what he said…

A little bit about myself, as you asked. I was born in Amsterdam, in 1956, but I spent most of my youth in and around Utrecht. For as long as I can remember, I've been interested in "women in difficult situations" as I used to call it. In my very early years that would be like when they were squatting down, or standing on their toes, or tripping; you get the idea. Anything offbeat would stir strange emotions which, at the time, of course, I didn't understand.

Later on, in my puberty I discovered bondage, just like so many of us, in little dark stores, in my case in the centre of Utrecht. I was thrilled! Of course, I'm now talking about the publications of the House of Milan and such (Harmony hadn’t surfaced yet), but there were also other books: hastily and badly produced compilations of drawings of the likes of Eneg and Stanton. It was that kind of work that struck me the most, and a few years later I discovered the art of Robert Bishop, and I was hooked!

Now, I had always been drawing pictures, and even before I came across Bishops work, I had started to draw bondage pieces, based on the work of the former artists I mentioned. In those early drawings however I differed from my "teachers" in one crucial aspect, I modeled my victims after their dominas. And that has been so ever since: I've always been interested not in the Gwendoline-type, but in the strong, haughty woman, fallen from her pedestal, or even better, fighting to retain her balance on that pedestal.

I think that still shines through in my current work. Basically, I still like to depict strong women, both mentally and physically, in trouble.

On a more personal level: after attending my fourth high-school (I always had a problem with
authority, hence the many changes) I finally graduated. After that I studied at the University, where I met my wife, 23 years ago. We're now living together with our two sons, and bondage illustrating is my fulltime profession.

           --- Coco