Greetings!! Coming out of hibernation with a great start to the New Year, I am thrilled to be featured in Stag & Crow magazine’s inaugural issue! It’s kinda wild to see my name on the cover there alongside Brom, who is easily one of my favorite contemporary artists. The entire lineup looks great and I’m really happy to be included. The feature will include both my artwork and some modeling/photography.
I’ll have a piece in this upcoming group show at Skull and Snake Tattoo Studio Art Gallery, opening night is October 22nd 5-10pm. Please contact the gallery for a preview!
Skull and Snake Tattoo Studio Art Gallery
50 Elm St
North Berwick ME
I’m stoked to have been invited to show in the 10 year anniversary show coming soon to Superchief Gallery LA. They’re probably one of my favorite galleries and I really appreciate their commitment to showing a diverse collection of artists and supporting weirder unconventional art. The last time I worked with them was back in 2019 for the BDSM show, this time will be my first time at their new location and I’ll be showing 3 new drawings previewed below :)
Show runs June 11, 2022 - July 30, 2022
Superchief Galley LA
1969 S. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90011
I See You I
I See You II
I’m going to have a couple of paintings in the NSFW group show at New Profanity in West Hollywood, opening reception is March 23rd.
These are an expansion on the coaster designs I made a few years ago that were quite popular (see the tondo gallery), I wanted to try something similar at a larger scale.
They are both acrylic on 16” circular wood panels. A bit different to my other current body of work but the theme is still pretty much the same. ha.
I recently did a little interview with Jeanne Heo for Cash Machine LA, which is up on their site now.
They are also the publishers of The Sexy Times newsprint zine that I was featured in a few weeks ago (you can see my previous blog post with more info about that HERE :) )
For my artist portrait I used this self-shot memento mori image from one of my first forays into photography, which was almost a year ago now! I was so happy with how these images turned out, I need to try more at some point. I did add a small gallery of my photographic experiments to this site if anyone is interested!
An exhibition of new work from selected contemporary artists whose creations are focused in macabre & dark surrealist themes
I will be showing 2 of my artworks, “Metamorphosis” and “Mania”, in the upcoming Deep Within group show via Gristle Art Gallery of Brooklyn, NY. This will be an online exclusive show, opening October 16th. Please contact the gallery for the collector’s preview!
Gristle Art Gallery
55 Meadow St #106 Brooklyn, NY 11206
gallery@gristletattoo.com
*all exhibitions at this gallery are exclusively online-only until further notice in
response to the ongoing pandemic.
I had the pleasure of illustrating another fashion style feature for Auxiliary Magazine, this time with a “Halloween Queen” theme for the Fall 2021 issue. I think this may be my favorite of these features that I’ve illustrated so far!
For my model inspirations I chose the beautifuly vampiric Dani Divine and couldn’t resist referencing one of my modeling images for the other figure. The orange hair seemed very fitting for the theme!
I’ll be showing two pieces in The Witching Hour group show, opening October 29th at Clement Art Gallery in Troy, NY. This will be my first time showing on the east coast! :)
All works in the show will be online starting October 25 for pre-sale. Please contact the gallery for further info.
Clement Art Gallery
201 Broadway
Troy, NY 12180
518.272.6811
I’m one of the featured artists in the new issue of The Sexy Times, a newsprint publication of queer erotic art published by Cash Machine LA.
In the words of curator Jeanne Heo, The Sexy Times is a zine-project that aims to share creative expressions of eroticism from marginalized communities, while also critiquing the racist bias of Instagram's algorithm and shadowbanning of sex workers and non-heteronormativity.
You can read a little more info and purchase the issue HERE (please note: By ordering you are confirming you are 18+).
Also featuring some awesome work by:
Ggggrimes (cover)
Lancelot Runge
Kayla Tange
Venus Montell
Peter MCateer
Jillian Adel
I am contributing to the upcoming “Temple of Medusa” art book published by Century Guild and thought I’d share a sneak preview of what is to come!
They asked the question “In contrast to the many renderings of Medusa’s defeat that have been created throughout art history, what would a visual testament to Medusa’s victory look like? If Medusa’s temple were built today, what works of art would adorn it?”
The question spoke to me immediately and rekindled in my mind a dormant series I began a few years ago, where I planned to retell Greek myths (in particular the absurd number involving r*pe) with the women defeating their aggressors.
For Medusa, I had in mind visuals of Judith beheading Holofernes and I knew that I wanted to create a powerful, statuesque Medusa who stands defiantly having defeated her would-be murderer.
Yes the helmet is absolutely a tribute to the original Clash of the Titans film produced by Ray Harryhaussen, which was my first introduction to Medusa as a very small child (and I remember even then before I knew her full backstory, I wished she would defeat Perseus. ha).
I illustrated the style feature for the latest Summer 2021 issue of Auxiliary Magazine. The theme was “Vamp Resort”. I went with a gothic pinup style, with models Masuimi Max and Stefania Ferrario as inspiration for the figures.
More info on this issue and physical/digital purchase options HERE :)
JULY 23rd - OCTOBER 18th
Opening reception on Friday, July 23rd from 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Artmesia Gallery
836 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver, CO 80204
(720-421-4020)
In this exhibition, Eros represents the human drive toward life itself in expressions of beauty, love, desire, intimacy, and inclusivity. The Many Faces of Eros includes bold colors, textures, and expressions of life blooming in an eclectic compilation of abstract, realist, figurative, and erotic paintings.
In earliest Greek mythology, Eros was a primordial deity with no parentage who was a procreator of all life. Later known as the son of Aphrodite, Eros became the god of sex, desire, love, and affection. His Roman counterpart is Cupid, and the Latin name for Eros is Amor. In the classical world, erotic love was classified as a kind of divine madness also known as theia mania or crazy wisdom. Beyond just erotic love, an arrow launched from the bow of Eros was thought to bring an overpowering embrace of life in all its awesome magnitude and vicissitudes. Eros is defined in modern psychology as the drive toward life and building anew while Thanatos is the counter-drive toward self-destruction, war, and death. Our Eros exhibition includes bold colors, expressions of life blooming, love and desire, intimacy, and inclusivity beyond the heteronormative stereotypes.
I created a new painting for the Many Faces of Eros group show opening this month at Artemesia Gallery in Denver, CO. I wanted to do something especially vibrant and am very happy with the result! This is my largest painting to date at 20x24” and marks my slow shift towards creating larger scale works.
There will also be a couple of my graphite and charcoal works on view at the show.
