Contemporary Male Art

Manstouch online art gallery offers selected works by some of todays best gay artist and artists who admire and illustrate the beauty of the male body. We have high standards. We look at each piece carefully for quality of execution, composition, decorative appeal and value. You may be surprised how affordable an original oil painting, drawing or limited edition fine art print can be. In addition to the artists listed below we also offer from time to time mid-century art.

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Although much of Matthew’s work depicts fantasies of wealth and splendour, it is not the luxury of a materialistic world that is being celebrated, rather the wealth of the imagination, where the mind is free to gather images from different eras, continents and mythologies, creating visions of beauty that seem to be haunted by their own perfection. In this way, Matthew’s paintings convey a certain melancholic yearning for lost eras and a child-like sense of wonder, underlaid with a knowing sense of humour.

For him, the pencil drawing is a form of pure art, stripped of extraneous detail to focus attention on the "truth" within the figure. Although TJ has worked in a range of materials, from ceramics through textiles, he feels drawing is the medium through which he is best able to express his fascination with the male form. His present focus is on the idealized male, caught in moments of tension or reflection, onto which the audience are invited to layer their own interpretations and meanings.

His favourite means of artistic expression are oil, pastel, watercolor and acrylic. Chris has presented his paintings in several galleries and participated in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games Barcelona-92 as a illustrator, graphic artist and model maker.

The definition of art that we have today is a sign of our time. It is wide and open and not defined any more. That is the way it is and I accept it. However to put a little bit of sense in our minds we as artists have to come to a private description of what we do and what we are as individuals in the society that we live in.

For me art is a tool. It is The tool that I like to use to express my ideas and views.

Growing up under a dictatorship in Franco's Spain, I know all too well the constrains that can stifle a person who just doesn't fit in her/his place. My weapon to fight the circumstances is to show how hypocritical a so-called honest society can be. My tool, again, is art.

All of these paintings are about life-size in black and white oil paint on black or white acid free archival canvas. I use only the best materials available so this work will last for generations. They are rolled for ease of shipping, include a Certificate of Authenticity and can easily be stretched or mounted by your framer. My backgrounds are generally stark white or jet black without variation. Any change in shade you see here is due to lighting unless it is an obvious texture.

Eric's work can be found in both public and private collections, included in such places as the Guggenheim Museum, New York's Museum Of Modern Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Jue de Paume of Paris and many more.

"The artist loves and kills the actual love of killing, sacrificing himself for himself every day. Each picture and every image represents a part of him cut out and hung up, at the mercy of the avid butcher who observes. The artist has to feel these intense parts of himself passionately, relating to them as if it were the last day of his life". In the work of Celso Junior this imagery is ever present, leading us to the other side of things where only shadows exist,the bad ghost, loss of self in orgasm, and its parallels with death last rites to be compared only with the idea of complete perfection.

Born in Guararapes Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1961, Celso Junior received an academic degree in painting from Escola de M™sica e Belas Artes do Paran· in Curitiba, Brazil in 1985. Celso Junior created and organized the Lisbon Gay And Lesbian Film Festival, now in its sixth year.

Ken Landon Buck is a figurative artist who has shown in national and international competitions with numerous awards for his efforts. He teaches art and has his work in several galleries nationally. He has signature memberships in the National Watercolor Society, Kentucky Watercolor Society, Georgia Watercolor Society, the Southeastern Pastel Society, and Oregon Pastel Society. His work also has been published in several magazines and books.

From an early age, Samuel Pope wanted to be an artist. In school, he spent all his time in the art rooms. One teacher called him “Arty Sam.” The other kids called him “Instant ‘A’.” For college he attended the Thomas Jefferson College at Grand Valley State University where he studied painting with Basil King, a second generation abstract expressionist; and intaglio printmaking with Takeshi Takahara for whom he worked as his assistant.

Michael Sean specializes in figurative male drawings which he sometimes creates for "pure aesthetics" and sometimes as he says, "for a great pin-up look". In either case it is evident that Michael takes great care and time in planning and executing each drawing. He creates unsual angles and perspective, which brings a certain realistic tension into the work.

Original male nude oil and arcrylic on canvas painted with the firey passion and emotion of the Eastern European artist Bukov.

The artist Johan van Breukelen originally began his artistic career as a lighting and decor-designer with several theatre companies. Since 1989, he has devoted himself to two-dimensional works of art in which he draws with light. He makes photoworks and photographs.

Born in Como, Italy in 1969 Davide realizes outstanding cyber artworks with computer graphic. First he created an original drawing by hand. This is imported into his computer he creates cyber effects using graphic programs and digital airbrush.

Metamorphosis is an attempt at interpretation of these myths with a current eye through a series of drawings. Transformation, change, metamorphosis are concepts on the agenda in a world which becomes more than ever dubious and changing. In this personal interpretation of the metamorphoses ovidiennes there are two opposite and complementary routes.

I like my pictures to show men 'enjoying quiet moments', quite often in the solitary contemplation and/or enjoyment of their own beauty: the overall effect should be of calm even if the colouring is anything but.

Rinaldo Hopf is a visula artist using painting, photography and installation. He deals with issues of queer identity, history, rebellion, beauty and ecstacy.

A majority of my artwork and illustrations utilize strong contrasts of shadow and light, allowing the casual scenes to gain a dreamlike quality and take a step away from waking life. Some folklore archetypes I reclaimed and gave new definitions within these "unrealities"; the crescent moon for example comes from the Nordic stories that depict the satellite as a male deity. The moon represents that unknowable aspect of nature, the secret motions behind rhythm and emotion. It also embodies meditation and self-exploration, a search for definition and identity.

Guido Miccoli was born in Italy and studied at the academy of Fine Art in Lecce ( Italy ). He gained a diploma in painting and drawing in 1994 and since that time he has been painting full time as a professional artist, living and working in Italy and England.Ý His style combines classical influence of 17th and 19th century paintings with a dynamic individuality.Ý His technique further explores and expands the possibilities of traditional oil painting in modern ways.

Andre Delfau

Debra Layne

Victor Gadino