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)

F.C.W.C. 2

the second installment of the Fat City Wildcat zine will be launched at the White House firday may 28th conveniently located in Toronto's Kensington Market. come down to check out new work by me and many other great artists. see you there!

to find more information about the event, check out our facebook

daily sketch: 104

thumb sucker

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 102,103

subway.
driveway.

pen in moleskin/tracing paper, 51/16 x 81/4

daily sketch:101

i recently moved out to an awesome downtown apartment so ive been a bit out of my routine. ill post pictures soon.

pose

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 100

harvest

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 099

join me in welcoming back the summer and along with it the reinstatement of my daily sketches

twisted sighs

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

op pieces to accompany travel articles

a Swedish town is forced to relocate due to over mining and unstable grounda traveling exhibition of artifacts from failed relationships

a Japanese town that separates their garbage into 34 different categories for recycling

acrylic on canson paper, 2 3/4 x 41/4

American Illustration!

i am extremely proud to share that one of my daily sketches was selected to appear in the next issue of American Illustration!

when i read the email, i kept slaping myself to make sure i wasnt dreaming. i wanted to jump up and down screaming but eveyone was asleep and my phone was dead so i just sat in my room...

dorian days

you can click here to view the original post.
and dont forget to check out the American Illustration website

daily sketch: 097-098

class.

sasha's living room.

pen in moleskin, 51/16 x 81/4

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

daily sketch: 097

nomadic seduction

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 094-096

work.

bus. subway.

pen in moleskin, 51/16 x 81/4

daily sketch:090-93

class. subway.

work. food court.

pen in moleskin, 51/16 x 81/4

daily sketch:089

acting acrobatic

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10