Champagne Wishes (Star Trek art)
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| Title: | Champagne Wishes |
| Artist: | Shelley Butler |
| Date(s): | 1995 |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
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Champagne Wishes is an illo by Shelley Butler.
It portrays Spock from Star Trek: TOS, and was printed in First Time #42.
It is a companion piece to Aperitif.
Fan Comments
1995
And then my eyes hopefully flip the zine over to see if there's art on the back cover. Oh my. I become illiterate when faced with the need to describe such bliss. Mine or theirs? Who knows...I am drawn into the soap filled tub with two of the most masculine and desirable creatures imaginable. They are immune to my presence and that of the world around them in a way few have ever captured. Sharing a kiss, their only other contact the back of Kirk's hand steadying his champagne glass against Spock's shoulder. Perhaps Spock's hand rests on Kirk's knee. Or to borrow a phrase, perhaps "that is not his knee". No matter. It couldn't be more sensual. It just couldn't. Years have gone by since an infamous drawing by The Southern Cross entitled "The Kiss". Now another pair of gifted hands have ventured into that particular realm, and with breathtaking success. Shelley's renderings (including her interior art) are so lifelike I almost forget we have never seen this on screen. Is it possible that this exceptional artist has found a way to persuade our heroes to pose for her??? How else can we account for the realism? [1]
I actually had the privilege of seeing these covers in the original at Shore Leave, and I deeply envy the person who managed to bid high enough in the auction to buy the front cover, and the lucky K/Ser who walked away with the back cover during the private showing of K/S art.[...]
And the back cover completes the little story, and finally lays (oh!) the observer's mind to rest. There are our two guys in a bubble bath, each holding champagne glasses, and kissing. There are fronds hanging down upon them, giving a suggestion of being encased, or protected by the greenery, as if they were in a bower hidden from everyone else. The suggestion is that captain and first officer have been released from the public scrutiny of the front cover that had placed inhibitions on their actions, and now that they are alone they can finally act upon their true feelings. Inthe foreground is the same champagne bottle with interesting symbols on it, which I assume are Vulcan letters. Now not just Kirk, but the two of them together are imbibing the intoxicating liquor. Spock has stepped into not just the bubble bath, but the perilous, intoxicating danger of love with his captain. The Vulcan lettering on the bottle also suggests that it's Spock who offered the love, that Kirk, sipping on the front cover, is considering that offer, the almost unbelievable reality of love with a Vulcan, poured from a Vulcan bottle of champagne, really a Vulcan heart.
A masterful job by Shelley Butler (all right, so the Spock on the back isn't exactly perfect, his face is a little off and he's too muscular, but it's close enough so who cares?), and I think the front cover is just about perfect. (I really like[2]