For years I've collected vintage photographs of men from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. These images for me represent a masculine ideal, if largely a constructed one. Their bearded faces and distinguished attire are spectacular, while their stiff poses and serious expressions belie a kind of vulnerability.
Ginger, 2012, oil on panel, 48" x 36"
Deadweight on Velveteen, 2012, oil on panel, 18” X 14”
Deadweight on Velveteen (detail), 2012, oil on panel, 18” X 14”
Pommie, 2012, oil on panel, 48" x 32"
Blower, 2011, oil on panel, 20" x 20"
Choker , 2012, oil on panel, 24” x 24”
Buck, 2011, oil on panel, 28" x 24"
Jeek, 2011, oil on panel, 28" x 24"
Jeezer, 2011, oil on panel, 28" x 24"
Bearded, 2009, oil on panel, 24" x 22"
Mazzard 2010, oil on panel, 28" x 18"
Sprater, 2010, oil on panel, 28" x 18"
Aaron Smith, Nobby, 2010, oil on panel, 30"x20"