Finding content for our Drawn To You feature isn’t always easy. I spent a half hour browsing various blogs and Tumblr pages for an artist who caught my eye, when it turned out the answer was sitting right on my desk. You guessed it! In the latest issue of Headmaster.
Steve Locke‘s paintings were a personal fave of every-now-and-then Daily blogger Diego. He stole the magazine from my desk (thief!) a few weeks ago, only to return it the next day with some kind words about Locke’s work. In fact, he even suggested that we feature him in our Drawn To You series! And then I forgot, because I’m a total butt-face.
The good news? I remembered today! The bad news? I remembered too late, which means I didn’t have time to request larger images of his paintings from Headmaster‘s editors or the artist himself. Thankfully, this isn’t the worst news in the world, because I was still able to pull some great pieces from Locke’s extensive body of work.
The pics in this post come from the artist’s 2008 series Rapture. They are, indeed, based on the religious concept of the Rapture, where a lucky group of “saved” individuals are snatched from Earth to ascend through the sky to heaven. Locke writes:
“So what does rapture look like? How does it feel to be carried away? Is Ted Haggard going to heaven? If so, then what about Mike Jones? The prints are named after those who have gone on to glory in the presence of the sinners that helped them get there.”
Heavy stuff for a Wednesday morning, eh? Don’t worry! Once you’re done pondering all these questions, you can go back to looking at penises… Oh, and if you’re in the Providence area, I would highly recommend attending the Headmaster launch party tomorrow night. There will be lots of sexy men there. Possibly including yours truly! Emphasis on “possibly”, because it’s a school night. Dewitt needs his beauty rest in order to wake up every morning and blog about power bottoms.
– Dewitt
Photo credit: Steve Locke
To check out more of this series, follow the JUMP:
the counselor:
the delivery man:
the evangelist:
the jogger:
the team player:
Personally, I like his paintings better than his sketches. These just seem too washed-out for my taste. Maybe something got lost in the translation.
In his paintings, I like his use of primary colors and negative space. Some of the paintings show male relationships in a very simple, almost deconstructed way, leaving the viewer to fill in the gaps…
Interesting sketches.