Douglas Simonson
Yesterday we saw some of photographer/artist Douglas Simonson's photos and paintings of Diamond Head Beach. Today we'll look at more of his artwork.
Born in 1950, he grew up in Nebraska and studied art at the University of Nebraska. In 1971, he fulfilled his dream of escaping to the tropics by moving to Honolulu, Hawaii.
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In 1979 he began photographing, drawing, and painting the male nude, which has been his focus ever since. Above, a Hawaiian surfer.
This is called Happy Couple in Hawaii.
Yellow Wall, 1995.
Kneeling Darin in Color, 1999.
Jonny, 2000.
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Under Sail, 2007. The model is Renato.
In 2012, Simonson moved back to Nebraska; then in 2014 he moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he has lived ever since.
Above is an untitled drawing from Mexico in 2020. Note to Big Dude, who likes photos with penis shadows: here's an artist's drawing with a penis shadow.
Simonson has been depicting full-frontal nudity in art since 1979, but some of his art goes further. A relatively tame example dates from 2007, above, called Heads Up, and indeed it depicts a head that's rising up.
But in recent years he has gone further still. Above, A Helping Hand, 2017.
On the Daybed, 2021.
Jet Propelled, 2023. Does he get live models to pose for these artworks?
We end with a 2022 painting called Goteando, which is Spanish for "dripping". I don't think I've ever seen this depicted in a painting. It brings artistic realism to a new high – or is it a new low?
2 comments:
A new high. We homosexual men need to start being proud of the act of shooting our loads...the ACT of it. This picture of jizz dripping from a cock, imo, captures the essence of our maleness, And...I LOVE that painting with the cockshadow. Gotta start my morning masturbation session,. Celebrate our cocks, men!
His pencil drawings are superb!
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