Strap ons

Strap Ons

Just some 9 3/4" tall wooden penis heels with Japanese bondage-straps and suede fringe pubes. No biggie.
Only available in U.S womens size 10-15. (U.S. mens 8-13)

oil on wood panel, 12x16

Pixel Penis Tote: the Painting

At this point I've laid down every square of paint and it's just a matter of colour adjusting. The only way I can tell if a colour is right, is when in context with its surrounding colours. I'm going to give myself a couple days break from this painting to detach myself from it before I start to tamper with the brightness/ darkness and dullness/vibrancy with a refreshed set of eyes.

I'm really please with how sculptural the painting has become.
It's goopy, gloopy and thick. Just the way I like it.

oil on wood panel, 14x14

I Wubbles You.

I made this as a birthday gift for my boyfriend. Wanted him know how much I wubbled him and how much of a nerd I was. But since it's February, I'll turn it into a card so you can also use it for valentines day.

Wubble
Wookie + the Hubble TelescopeHere it is in it's new home, surrounded by si-fi/fantasy/lgbt literature.

16x12 acrylic on wooden panel.

Pixel Penis Tote: work in progress

alright, so heres my plan:
ill be taking both my digital penis/ vagina images, pixelating them, then printing them onto tote bags! so from across the street, you'll see a massive penis bobbing along, but when youre close enough to talk to someone, itll just look like a bunch of squares and no ones the wiser. hilarious! first i gessoed and gridded a wood panel, then loosely block out the shapes with acrylic.

then just after i began painting i decided the resolution on my reference photo was too high. the penis was too easily distinguishable from across the room. where i was more intrigued by the interplay between wearer/ observer in a public setting, like down the sidewalk. so i started again with larger pixels. (also, legendary gay pornstar michael brandon says hi. hes part of another project im working on.)

at this point, 43 out of 289 squares have been coloured. by the time im done this ill be a paint mixing master!

oil on wood panel, 14x14

I Drew A Penis!

ive had this little drawing done for a while, but just havnt had the time to post till now. hes the brother to my earlier vagina post. both of which are in the first steps of many in my greater toronto pride 2012 plans. so youll see more of these veiny, moist siblings soon.

(dont worry. this isnt a picture of my penis, its a frankenstein of 33 dicks)

here are some compositional sketches. after staring at so many penises for so long i sort of lost track of what was what. so i got my friends to vote. number three was a head above the rest.

i also forgot to take as many process screen shots but i think this gets the message across. and makes me seem very efficient.

photoshop with wacom tablet

I Drew A Vagina...

happy new year everyone!
some times when life blueballs you from artistic relief, you end up exploding with great ideas.
and boy do i have some fun ideas in my balls- i mean brain...

this year im planning to grab myself a booth for Toronto Pride 2012 so for the next little bit ill making some really funny products and posting the progress here.

this is just a part of my grand master plan:
i drew a vagina for my lovely lesbian friends, all two of you. (hi penny! hi mylo!) im also currently taking requests for more lesbian friends, as i am waif-like i need many strong protectors.

now painting this vagina was a little tricky. first of all: i dont know if you guys know this about me, but im gay. i can send all day looking at sloppy rosebuds on the internet but when it comes to vaginas im lost. and google wasnt much help either cause i had no idea what i was looking at. is this a picture of an attractive vagina? or one with an std? (and im not saying your lady bits are gross, im saying i needed to do some homework). so i built a mini gallery of 24 girls, frankensteined them together and: tada!

side note: i always had an extra tab open with a cock as a safety blanket.

photoshop with wacom tablet.

Cub Camp Poster

this is the poster i did for the upcoming Cub Camp party hosted at the Beaver (1192 Queen St West, Toronto) on Friday October 14th

it was nice to lose myself in the process of inking this burly man's chest hair.

"Grrrrr!"
(which translates to "nice abs" in bear/otter)

11x17, brush/india ink with watercolour wash on watercolour paper.

e.o.d. portraits: 20

day off/ clothes off.

model: patrick
oil on acrylic on canvas, 9x12

brushing off the dust

been neglecting my blog ever since school started but now that the semester is winding down, ive got some things to share

model sessions: 3hrs each

acrylic on canvas, 12x16

e.o.d portraits: 18

spent most of the day naked! 7 hrs to be exact.
my god did feel good to slap some paint around, although my bum now has two perfect rosy circles from sitting on a hard wood floor for so long, but that's a painting for another day.
p.s. my penis says: "hi!"

acrylic on canvas, 12x16

mondern adonises

so here are my paintings i had showing for the Fat City WildCat party, contortions and glistening reflections.
i wanted to explore the notion of the contemporary self portrait and the role it plays in promoting oneself as a sexualized entity. in painting these figures (that were found on various gay internet dating/hook up sites) i wanted to debunk the assumed veil of privacy the internet provides and compare the amount of contrivance in these poses to that of a painted image.

so if your a beautiful gay man with naked photos of yourself on the internet, watch out!... or just make it easier on the both of us and send them my way ;)

you can find more images of these sexy guys here and here
and process work here and here
framed, they stand 11x14 and 16x20 respectively
refrence site: guyswithiphones (NSFW)

contortions

the second of my two part series

oil on canvas, 8x10 aprox

glistening reflections

so heres my final painting, dont really know what i think about it yet, its too fresh for me to know if i like it or not. but stayed tuned cause ill be starting another shortly

oil on canvas, 12x16

work in progress

just more rendering

oils on canvas over acrylic washes, 16x20

work in progress

took about three and a half hrs to get to this point

oils on canvas over acrylic washes, 16x20

glitter eyes

portraiture with live models.

acrylic on canvas, 12x16, 3 hr study

refractions

Drawing and Painting, portraiture with live models.

acrylic on canvas, 12x16, 1.5 hr study

complementing a model

Drawing and Painting, portraiture with live models.

acrylic on canvas, 12x16, 1.5 hr study

pictures of pixiels

a series

oil on canvas, 16x12/5.5x8

fourth of four

oil on canvas, 5.5x8