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Erotic art has long been a source of titillation, but knowing where to buy the stuff is a bit trickier. After all, you can’t waltz into your local art shop and ask the leathery old owner for a bit of boob and bum? If you tread the fine line between wanting to enjoy erotic art but don’t want the world to know about it, direct yourself to ObsessionArt.com the world’s first online erotic art boutique.

Val Sampson, couples councillor and author of The Real Sex Kitten’s Handbook says erotic art can be very beneficial to a relationship, “it helps stimulate your senses and helps you tune in to feeling sexy. People are often narrow in their definition of sexy. If you limit your visual stimulation to porn you are missing out on eroticism which works at a mental and emotional level as well as a physical one.”

The London-based online boutique offers art that beats the rip-off art available at any weekend market, and has been known to inspire a little extra-curricular activity if hung in the bedroom. All prints are made using the precise Giclée technique used by the Louvre, and range in price from £19.50 to £345. All buyers details are completely confidential, however, we can reveal that a current member of the England football team recently had a painting commissioned by one of the boutique’s artists.

Artists on the site range from Dazed and Confused favourite The Mofo to Dita Von Teese’s favourite photographer Sean McCall. In just under a month, the site has become Google’s favourite when searching for erotic prints.

Director Mark Davis has worked in London for ten years and set up here because he believes London to be the most forward thinking city in the world. “One of the things I love about London is that its environment allows people to be different. London’s made up of a myriad of tastes, persuasions and sensibilities.”

And its not just men who are getting in on the action. Mark has found that 55 per cent of ObsessionArt.com buyers are women.

“I found one of my first artists, through a friend of mine who had visited his house for a party. A group of women had gathered round this one picture on the wall. The conversation went something like, ‘If my boyfriend had a stack of porn under his bed, I’d be annoyed – if he had that on his wall, I’d actually be impressed’.”

With some prints bordering on the controversial, ObsessionArt.com work closely with the Internet Watch Foundation to ensure all UK guidelines are met.

Lucky for us, the latex-clad nun being served tea by her female gimp passed the test.

www.obsessionart.com