No one can set your imagination sailing like Raphael Perez.  Identified as Realistic Paintings,
the early period of his work is characterized by a clear division of his paintings by topics such
as woman, man, man and woman, two women, and two men. The techniques that were
applied are characterized as sharp and meticulous, with smooth color placement,
expressiveness and materialism, which symbolize the restraint experienced by the artist
during this period in his life.  You can visit his website ar www.gaypaintings.com.
Does anyone get the
message across better
than
Robert Mapplethorpe
She looked at the bucket resting on the floor in the corner of the cell.  “This isn’t
God’s domain, Ethan.  It belongs to Satan.”  The tightness in her chest gripped
harder.  The bitter truth was a rancid taste in her mouth.  Resignation threatened,
the debilitating scourge of the human spirit, creeping over her like a fever.  She
had heard many tales of torture and had filed them away in vague parts of her
mind.  Here she could breathe the smell.  It wasn’t blood or vomit—that had been
washed down the drain.  It wasn’t ammonia, though that odor lingered in the room
like a taunting ghost.  It was pain she could smell: men and women dehumanized,
reduced to insignificance by their own involuntary betrayal.  It was the smell of
death.  “Ethan, I don’t want to die like this.  Not like this.  Not like a helpless victim
at the hands of brutes.”  She was on the verge of sobbing.  She held up her
manacled arms.  “We can’t even attack to make them kill us.”
From THE PARTISANS, Chapter 13
Art
The Male Form
Page Two