New Release: "Showerhead" with very limited print variant.

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I don't think showering together saves water... since it often leads to other activities.

The original as well as prints are 10% for the release week special. 

I almost didn't give him a lot of body hair, so I also have a very limited edition 'shaved' variant of "Showerhead": ONLY 10 Studio prints. Select Shaved Variant in the item drop down list to own one of these rarities.

"Showerhead" (Shaved Variant)

 
Showerhead
from $45.00

Original is sold.
18" x 24" (46 cm x 60 cm) pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
10 ONLY very limited edition (Shaved Variant) Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints

2019 Calendars are coming!

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Pre-Order the 2019 calendar now and save $3

UPDATE: You can still pre-order, but the sale has ended.

It's still in the design phase so all the artwork is not finalized, however the pieces will be ones that have not appeared in my previous calendars. 

Orders containing the calendar will not ship until they are in stock - so you might want to order other items separately. 

On the Drawing Board: Perspective on perspective

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When I paint a figure at an angle that is more from above or below I realize how we most commonly view each other and ourselves on the vertical plain, the reflective face to face perspective. Think about how we have the ability to immediately identify a human shape in silhouette from this perspective, but when we change the angles (such as viewing from above) the outline becomes less familiar, shapes get distorted, some things become hidden while other come into view. 

Cover for new Novel

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B.K. Wright's new novel "Dare to Love" is out and features my painting "Holy Trinity" on the cover. So cool!  Having been inspired, when I was a kid, by the bold illustrated covers on fantasy, sci-fi, and romance paperbacks at the drugstore. It's always a thrill to see my own work on one. That's also why I like to get a hard copy, rather than just an ebook. You can get either, the hard copy or ebook now at Amazon. 

New Original & Prints: "Never a Dark Night"

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“In a city that never sleeps, the teaming chaos ensures that for a chivalrous few, there is never a dark night.”
 

Now through April 16 (EDT) get 15% off this and all prints as part of my Mud Season Sale. Just use code DIRTY at checkout!

Never a Dark Night
from $45.00

Original (Sold)
18" x 23¾" (46 cm x 60 cm) pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints

On the Drawing Board: Twisted Torso

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Here's just a quick peek at my latest work. Which got me to thinking that anyone who spends anytime looking at art of the male nude will quickly recognize the prevalence of various 'twisted torso' poses in the genre. You know the ones, the strategic positions and angles designed to hide the genitals. While I have no problem showing full frontals, I do still debate on certain pieces whether or not to show the jewels. Though often it's not a matter of keeping a PG rating or about modesty, it's trying to decide if I want to paint the front or a butt. 

Naming Contest for new painting.

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Win a limited edition studio print of my newest work and bragging rights for naming it!

Submit a title for this painting, and if I like your suggestion the best - you win! 

Often great minds think a like so if I get multiple entries of the title I select, the winner will be whoever submitted it first. (Submission forms are time stamped.)

THE NAMING CONTEST HAS ENDED.

Thanks everyone for participating!

A Brief Encounter
from $45.00

Original is available.
18" x 24" (46 cm x 60 cm) pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints

Gallery takes down 'naked nymphs' painting.

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"Hylas and the Nymphs" by John William Waterhouse

"Hylas and the Nymphs" by John William Waterhouse

Manchester Art Gallery has removed the above painting from its walls as well as postcards of it from their shop. The reason given is to ponder whether images such as this erotic Victorian fantasy are unsuitable and offensive in the 'current climate' of the Time's Up and #MeToo movements.  See the article at TheGuardian.com.

Personally I don't see a connection between naked nymphs tempting a young man to his doom in a classical painting with sexual assault. I also wouldn't even call this 'erotic' but that's the term used in The Guardian article. 

“The removal itself is an artistic act and will feature in a solo show by the artist Sonia Boyce which opens in March.”
— theguardian.com

I also don't see this as an 'artistic act'. A publicity stunt? Sure. An attempt to exploit another artist's work for her own gain? Perhaps. 

I always thought art is an expression of an artist and a reflection of a culture and time. Should we being applying filters to our own history? Even if something is now considered offensive, do we learn from the past if we distort and whitewash the past? How do we teach art history if that history is edited?

2018's First New Painting

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A fresh brewed start to the new year!

New release pricing on the original and prints now through Tuesday 1/16.

Wake
from $45.00

Original (Sold)
17¾" x 23¾" (46 cm x 60 cm) pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints
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