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Taylor Absher's "Suckback" explores ideas about queer identity using the Internet as a departure point. Partly a personal homepage, with "biographical" information and animations that speak about the discovery of sexual attraction. Also looks at the web as a place of "unbounded spatiality" after Coming Out. (July 2000 Site of the Month) Adam Troy Ahumada & Zann Cannon Goff: new craftsman and Lucy. Davide dell'Acqua. From origfinal pen and ink drawings this artist creates powerful digital cyber art featuring erotic male and female images and architectural forms. A mysterious highly sensual quality permeates the work of this gifted artist from Como, Italy. (May 2008 Site of the Month). Aleuyar. A visually fascinating site featuring net.art, digital art, web pages, literature, culture and photography (Castellano). Charles Alexander: His collage, mixed media, acrylics, watercolors, prints, and 3D constructs are energetic-- bursting with color, line and movement. Augie Alvarez, Phinix Grafix. Paintings and photography. Paolo
Angelotti. Sculpture
in metal and wood by the Italian artist. Francis Bacon: Even as old as I am, it doesn't stop me from looking at men...as if anything might happen, as if life were about to start again; often when I go out in the evening I flirt as if I were only 50. We ought to be able to change our engines. This is the artist’s privilege—to be ageless. Passion keeps you young, and passion and liberty are so seductive. When I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting. -In conversation, August 13, 1973. Wolfgang Bauer. An Austrian born oil painter and artist, Wolfgang is known for his expansive use of canvas. Educated in Europe and America, he has exhibited his work throughout the U.S. and many other countries. (April 2007 Site of the Month) Robert Roane Beard, recent paintings, watercolors and drawings from South Africa by the New York-based artist. Simon Bell. New paintings of the human body fragmented, by the London artist. Luis Blanchard. Argentine artist from La Rioja whose colorrful "paintings from the end of the world" masterfully blend European influences with pre-Columbian designs. (March 2007 Site of the Month) Richard Bolingbroke. Lush, joyous and vivid watercolors and monotypes of flowers. Marie Bourdages: Mady is an amazing Canadian Lesbian painter from Montreal whose works range from abstract seascapes with fabulous whales to haunting figurative works mostly of women and androgynous characters. (July 2005 Site of the Month) Michael Breyette.Studio1088 celebrates the athletic male form, though you will find fantasy and whimsical works as well. Romaine Brooks. She is one of a handful of lesbian painters from the early 20th Century for whom we have substantial documentation. Lots of images. (Text in Italian) ---website is temporarily down--- George Brown: a painter specializing in landscapes and the male figure. Hilton Brown: "I like to look at men. My earliest memory of what I now realize was sexual desire was directed towards another boy. That reality has been a constant focus throughout my long life as a man and artist. Since I believe self expression is the reason to be an artist, then it follows that my sexual desire as a gay male is the subject of my art." Works on paper and canvas spanning 40 years with nearly 30 devoted to the male form. Highly recommended. (Site of the month: January 2006) Marco Brown Maltese artist who exhibits in Tel Aviv. "Marco's paintings are Zen meditations that let you immerse yourself in them. They glow and one feels a light emanating out of them. A single stroke of colour either delinates or creates a visual field and the positive and negative spaces intermingle creating a sensual dance to delight the senses." -Bernadette da Cunha, Artist and Film Director, India. Kathy Burdette's "Community" project complicates simplistic understandings of "lesbian" identity and documents the varied perspectives of women on the issue of identification. (June 2000 Site of the Month) Ray Castro. Surrealistic solutions to personal issues of a gay man, in oil on canvas. Peter Colstee. "Painter of the male nude and other stuff." Francisco Córdoba. Painting by the Costa Rican-born artist living and working in Rome, Italy. Federico Correa. Contemporary oil paintings by the California-born artist. Xavier Cortada, paintings by the Cuban-American gay artist, attorney and activist. Rob Costin. Paintings and drawings in a very attractive site. Howard Cruse. The kid from Alabama moved to the big city and became an underground cartoonist and gay activist. Darkland. Dirk's personal journey into his own strange life. Dirk's Reise in sein eigenes, seltsames Leben. it is a fascinating place to explore.(Text in German or English) (April '01 Site of the Month) Martin
Davies, Australian artist using the idea of a labyrinth
to display his art online. Art of Claude. Vivid and heavily textured colors on canvas and paper of male nudes for gay interest. Danny Boy Studio. Danny Babineaux creates Artwork of Hairy Bears, Daddies, Mature Men and Muscle. He works in oil, acrylic and graphite. He has become quite well known in the Mature/Bear Communities and sells his work worldwide. (May '07 Site of the Month) Martin Davies: young artist living in Vancouver, making paintings, photographs, drawings and collages. Guy Denning. This British artist's painting has a razor's edge to it: emotionally, physically, intellectually. Powerful work-- check it out. D. Greg Denton. Bold oil on canvas paintings and poetry by the Washington, D.C. based artist.Drub. Digital illustrations combine photo-pornography with a comic book aesthetic, mixed with humor and pop culture references. The subject matter draws upon images of punks, skaters, skinheads and blue collar workers. Bart Dick. Fine homo-eotic male art Paper Cuttings and Drawings. Homosexuality as part of nature and related to otherworlds. Bruce Eves: Bruce has two sites you'll want to visit, an introduction to his work, and My Idea of Fun, conceptually-based digital work which navigates the area between desire and despair. Fagart. Work by Dan Pillers. "My intent is not to lessen or dismiss the work of others but rather to acknowledge the individual perspectives, issues of concern and facts of life, as seen through the eyes of gay men." Daniel Ferguson Gay Canadian artist and illustrator. Chris Flanagan. Paintings that play with this gay-versus-straight way of interpreting things. Good interviews, too...an articulate artist! Peter Flinsch. "I try to communicate the beauty of the body, of the male body, of the human body, and in a very positive sense. I'm not trying to take the body apart - I see it as a whole. I'm optimistic about the body. I say yes to the body. I don't deny it. I never have." Sandrine Follère. Featuring sculpture, pastels, watercolors and paintings by the French artist. Peter Foss. Focusing on the vibrant gay scene in Berlin, Germany, he seeks to explore elements of the fetish scene including subjects such as modern gay leathermen, rubber, uniforms, bondage, and skin identities. Foss' paintings also depict the more mature male body. Ann Foster In all patriarchies images pervade of women as victims, passive onlookers or receptacles. In her courageous work Ann utilizes the very archetypes that define us turning and twisting them slowly and curiously into 'Warrior Women.' Why not visit onlline this talented Lesbian Artist from the small town of Scarborough, England? (Nov. '05 Site of the Month) Michael Freed. This artist from Santa Fe, New Mexico, works with the male figure in mixed media on panel. "I'm interested in the male nude in the context of composing the body as landscape. Rather than photo realism, I seek an emotional or even ethereal approach to the male form." (Feb. '06 Site of the Month) Richard Freeman. A wide range of subject matter, but best-known for his vivid portraits Gilbert and George: The official website is down, but check out the Art Encyclopedia for a list of their online exhibitions and articles. Andrew Georgiou:Graphic artist and creator of the comic strip "Mr. Gisby's Totally Gay Pet Shop" which is internationally syndicated and in print in over 100 cites worldwide. The antics of his homo-animals deal with gay issues in a way that skillfully undermines gay bigotery. Comic strips are one of the great popular art forms of our time and this strip explores the most sensitive gay issues with disarming humor. Bob Gregory, bronze statue art representing the Nude Male form including erotic art that ranges from partial nudity to explicit gay male expression. Aurelio Grisanty, Dominican born artist, served as Director and professor of Graphic Design in both Catholic and Autonoma Universities in Santo Domingo City. His work has captivated audiences on three continents since his first solo show in 1974. (Feb. '01 Site of the Month) The Art of Hafeez. Autumn, flowers, and human feelings are the inspiration for Hafeez's oil-on- canvas paintings. Adam Halicki is an international working artist specializing in paintings and drawings: erotic, portrait and travel impressions. His art works are in major collections. in Canada, USA and Germany. Paul Hamilton.(temporarily closed) Aged 28 and with no formal art education, Paul was featured in a prestigious coffee-table homoerotica book and given the tag "one of the world's greatest photographers." "I'm hardly all that," he says, "and still unemployed/homeless/poverty-struck. But I'm beginning to sell some prints online and have further book projects in the works and a lot of critical praise accumulating." Check out his site and see why.(July '02 Site of the Month) Edd
Tokarz Harnas. Paintings
and drawings; portraits and figures. Kenneth
Hemmerick explores the creative deconstruction and reconstruction
of gay pornographic images found on the Internet. Ken Hurd. British artist who creates original screenprint paintings on canvas or small editions on paper. Subject matter ranges from flowers to male nudes. Iolaos. Images of Mediterranean masculinity by the Greek artist. Alex Jeavon. Advertisers Anonymous isn't explicitly homo in content, but it's pretty queer. Scott Jeffs. Gay artist from Portland, Oregon, Scott's work includes award-winning pencil drawings, pastel landscapes and other works on paper. Inspired by Michelangelo's drawings, his emphasis is on classical and contemporary studies of the male figure. Monya Kilian, Cape Town, South Africa. Her oil-on-canvas paintings are realistic and she usually works on large canvasses - as she puts it, "to bombard my viewer." Chris Komater is reinvigorating the male nude tradition in photography. His website brings the same spirit of innovation to the Internet. That's why we've selected it as (Feb. '99 Site of the Month). Krayel Art Studio offers an eclectic array of styles, themes and subject matter, from celebrity portraits and abstracts to photo realistic figurative works. Clarke Lane: an artist, teacher and activist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island. "My hope is that this site will be an intervention into the homogenization of culture and life and not a reproduction of existing queer sites. Max Lawrence. Website includes a portfolio of abstract work and an extensive slide portfolio including figurative, photography, and video works. Jeff Long. Long's poetic paintings and works on paper encompass both religious symbolism and postmodern theory. Loren J. Macias. The ButchDick collection. Just what it sounds like: very Tom of Finland, but at the same time, oddly elegant. Madwillow Creekhouse, a gallery dedicated to the work of American artist William Joseph Petrie. Mara McWilliams is a bipolar Lesbian artist who shares her voice through her art and writing galleries. From mental health articles to essays on the legalization of same sex marriage, her Recovery Through Art website touches on it all. The site is also filled with valuable mental health and LGBT links. Barry
Margolin. Creator of Painted Screen Productions, a website
showing story-board Ken doll animated gay streaming videos dealing
with
iconoclastic Christian subject matter and S&M bondage with
whips and cattle prods. We expect to see Margolis' films soon at
the major international gay film festivals! Catch them here first and
free! Nicolaas Maritz. A South African artist whose colorful, bittersweet work is more camp than overt, more peculiar than queer. The Massive Destruction Lemon Yaoi Gallery Erotic Anime Yaoi Gallery. Must be at least 18 years of age to enter. Mara McWilliams. Outta My Head and In Your Face is a selection of poetry and artwork that chronicles Mara's journey through the depths of mental illness to diagnosis and recovery. Edward Meneeley Charcoal and pastel drawings and collages of men from Pennsylvania's coal region. Lawrence E. Miller. Mixed Images Gallery: multi-media artwork. Melissa Mintz, Painter. Sebastian Moreno. Paintings by the Mexican artist. Dale
Moses. Bright colors and simple images reflect artist
Dale Moses' puckish view of life. Nikias, designer of an erotic gay themed male jewelry at Esculpta, an ongoing project focused on promoting select works art that are created in limited quantities by free spirited artists and artisans that define their own aesthetic views and principles. These creators intend to stay independent and free from creating designs for mass production and to develop their work imaginatively and creatively. Blue
Fox Gallery, Tony Ivie & Wayne Noffsinger artists,
Etna Wyoming. Stoneware, raku and wood-fired pottery. Hand
sculpted masks and contemporary jewelry. Etna, Wyoming. Andrew Ogus. Mixed media works on paper, celebrating the beauty of men and exploring ancient mythologies in homoerotic terms. Per Olund. This Swedish artist's main interest is the image as language, He focuses on the enigma of the male sexuality. "Grotesque pictures which depicts lustfulness," writes Olle Bergqvist. Michael Onona: Art of the New. Combining technical excellence with powerful and unnerving imagery, Michael Onona' s paintings concentrate on depicting and conveying human emotion. Through personal and unconventional visions of beauty his imagery suggests a spiritual depth that challenges our perceptions. (Dec.2000 Site of the Month) H. Avni Oztopcu. Turkish painter dealing with "the problems of putting the abstract world which has been established in our minds into an objective shape." PeepsShow. Dedicated to the sugary goodness of Marshmallow Peeps and Marshmallow Bunnies. They're not just for Easter anymore! Raphael Perez. Oil paintings, acrylics and illustrations. Michael Pfleghaar. An artist living and working in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His oil pastel drawings and oil paintings are colorful still-lives and interior studies. Player Gallery: Darkly erotic and sometimes disturbing paintings with a bias towards religious and skinhead imagery. Craig Poindexter. Costume and set design and new media graphics are some of the influences in his fine paintings. Egon Posselt. German painter who has created gay art for over 50 years. His colorful paintings and black & white drawings are either expressionistic or realistic in style and range in subject matter from erotic male nudes, to landscapes and flowers. His erotic art can be quite whimsical such as his pre-cum leaking banana and his cock head of John as required by Salome. Queer
Designers Alliance: a Los Angeles-based design collective
spanning Commercial and Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics,
Architecture and Fashion Design. Jacki Randall. Self-taught artist, musician/writer whose work first appeared in the early 80's queer press. Included are spiritual and erotic paintings, illustration, cartoons, and tattooing. Paul Richmond. "Drawing upon my own experiences as a young man who was raised in a conservative, Midwestern environment and struggled to come to terms with my homosexuality, I explore deeply personal feelings, insecurities, fears and triumphs in this collection of new paintings titled "Ins and Outs." (June 2007 - Site of the Month!) Rob. Bound In Ink is bear art b/w drawings by Rob, a gifted West Virginia artist and graduate of the Arts Institute of Philadelphia. Web galleries show his recent and commissioned works. Robert R. Tucson-based artist paints large abstract and loft sized portraits. James R. Reinke: Works in a variety of media, including inks, paints, prints and 3-D.The one constant is subject matter: male nudes; gay centric; some female nudes. Robert Rootenberg. Diseased and injured victims, scars, bruises, nails and wire, botched surgeries, car wrecks and prosthetic devices: this is the world that reflects my work. Alex
Alien Russell: School of Francis Bacon Website displays
figure and portrait paintings influenced by Bacon. Ira C. Smith. Erotic illustrator extrordinaire of the leather community with varied subject matter including rarely seen lesbian bondage. San
Francisco Gay and Lesbian Artist Alliance is a group of
Gay and Lesbian artists, craftspeople and photographers who share
ideas to collectively exhibit their work. Scattergood-Moore Drawings: award winning charcoal portrait drawings along with interesting pages on Queer Culture, GLBT artists and resources. Aaron Sciandra.Graphic artist and sculptor who works with various media including video, paper, neon, metal and candy. Check it out! Aaron Sciandra.Graphic artist and sculptor who works with various media including video, paper, neon, metal and candy. Check it out! Toshi Schoeters. Inspired by Native American, Indian, Egyptian and Goddess mythology, he composes worlds of colour consisting of influences from all these sources. Philip Shadbolt. Australian born gay artist based in the UK creates colorful, intricate paintings and prints influenced by his extensive travels throughout India. Nov. 2006 Site of the Month. Douglas Simonson. This internationally celebrated artist works in Honolulu and has been painting professionally for nearly 30 years. His website is his gallery, and contains over 2,500 Simonson works. Trevor Southey. Reconciliation: Africa/Family/Mormon/Gay, a retrospective of the artist's paintings and drawings over the past thirty years. Scott Andrew Spencer. "Being gay is a gift, a variation on a theme. Love is too powerful to be shaped or confined," states this self taught painter, influenced by Max Beckmann and Milton Avery, whose paintings are featured at the 123 Soho web gallery. John Steczynski. Tradition, Creativity, and the Liturgical Artist. Kim A. Stringfellow's The Charmed Horizon is a meditation on desire, enchantment, loss and renewal-- and one of the most beautiful sites we've seen in a long time. (Dec.'98 Site of the Month) Trygve Skogrand. Norwegian artist from Oslo who makes homoerotic art. He works in digital media, photography and traditional paint. Alvin Tapia. Paintings evoke emotions of serenity, happiness and peace. E.A. Taylor. In a world of uncertainty, conflict and brutality, Taylor's animal paintings are reassuring, charming and amusing. They capture and reflect the personality and spirit that explains why we love our pets so much. (Dec. '02 Site of the Month) Skye Thorstenson. Gay Natve-American/Norwegian film installation artist. His Lost Head Factory, Manufacturers of Conjuration, presents his latest films and over a dozen interesting digital art projects. Michael Tice. Semi-autobiographical paintings explore desire and loss. Richard Titlebaum. See what happens when someone gets a Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard, teaches in 4 universities, and then walks out of academia to devote himself full-time to painting? Diego Tolomelli: artist who designs and produces, with IKO Studio, stained glass panels in Rome. The glass is kiln-fired at 650°C fusing the special paints and enamels to the mouth-blown glass. Tolomelli's gay themed panels include The Kiss and Male Nude. Scott Treleaven. Home of the award-winning paganfaggotpunk filmmaker and writer. Texts, events, clips + photos. Real under-the-counter-culture. Henry
Scott Tuke, a gay painter of the Newlyn school. With
contemporary photographs of Tuke's world. Daryl
Vocat. A young Canadian artist
who has a lot to say: words and images
called "Infestant Propaganda." Powerful
and very funny. Kurt
von Behrmann. Visual artist, arts writer and published poet
living and working in Phoenix, Arizona. Patrick Webb: Punchinello Paintings. The Italian clown, with his phallic nose and dunce cap, attracted Webb instantly. He describes him as “a little like Woody Allen, a bit of a buffoon. He was particular, but also general. He could be repeated. In Punchinello, I found an Everyman who in my paintings is Everygayman”. Ron Weisberg. Paintings influenced by the early Italian Renaissance. J.D.
Welch. "Before
the Altar" is a collection of new paintings by mixed-media
queer artist J.D. Welch incorporating themes from popular pornography,
art history, and African religion. |
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