was thinking about this photoshoot with @postmodernpastoral.bsky.social from over seven(!) years ago, especially this photo, which I think is maybe my favorite I've ever taken. I also kinda can't believe time has happened, but y'know. it does.

calling this one "buoyancy," bc I meant to imply that he'd just float away without the grounding hand. photo reference of @axlemelb.bsky.social by @queeringbeauty.bsky.social 🫡 #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

a lot of incredible art collected here, including one of mine from the online pride exhibition!

chose to do a painting based on this photo by @niceyhott.bsky.social not bc it's his nicest or most hot (nothing against it), but bc I had a physical coming up, am almost 40, and wanted to bring up the possibility of a colonoscopy. and arting it made it less scary! wild, eh? bsky.app/profile/nice...

You probably saw that this is now live. Please, give it a look if you haven't yet: erostakles.com/gay-art-exhi... A HUGE thanks to the 30+ artists who trusted an Internet stranger with their art. I'm truly humbled by that. And please magnify these artists by sharing. 💙🏳️‍🌈 #gayart #queerart #pride

I never posted this one (inspired by locker room cruising, surprise surprise), but good news! it's a part of a virtual pride show, expertly curated by @erostakles.bsky.social. seriously, take a look at the show, it's an incredible collection and I'm honored: erostakles.com/gay-art-exhi...

and now for something completely different...! I'm really excited about the new Ocarina of Time and I've been playing through Breath of the Wild again, so I've been doing some Zelda paintings. love love the end scene in Ocarina, esp the sages! #art #painting #watercolor #tloz #oot

enjoyed this concept and gave the painting the unwieldy name "back to front while relistening to NK Jemisin's Stone Sky." Broken Earth is a fave series and probably has nothing else to do with this painting. #gay #queer #gayart #queerart #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #jockstrap

strolling through the empty desert #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

this one and a few others are going to be in a very gay art show next weekend. if you're in Tucson, check out my stuff (and that of other awesome artists and musicians)! #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

this seems like a reasonable painting for #fcf. tried something different with the background and not sure if I love it, but overall I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

another set of prints available at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival RIGHT NOW! you can also get prints on my website, and I liked this one so much I also screenprinted it on some shirts, which you can *also* get on my website! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

gonna have prints of this one at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival this weekend. *I* will not be there (alas) but if you're a local, you can see and maybe even buy some of my art! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

exciting news! this one's going to be on display at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival @seaf-art.bsky.social in May! I have a some prints that'll be available there, too. watch this space! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #eroticart

this is kind of sports-related inasmuch as there are both a jockstrap and a field featured here. I would like three (3) sports points, please. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #humpday #jockstrap

I started with an inversion of the color of the sky and took it from there. the biggest reference photo was partially clothed but where's the fun there? #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

probably my favorite pride shot, from a few years back. I wanted that tulle in motion and it took a lotttt of shots to get one that I liked. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #gayphoto #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #rainbow #pride

digging into my photo archive for #humpday. I think I took this one back in 2018 or so #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #gayphoto #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

fun, playful nude beach selfie was the inspiration here. another full rainbow! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #thirstythursday

this short story is out now in After the Storm! afterthestormmagazine.com aiming for a different take on how scifi systems work. plus lots of gay! big debt to Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series in how I think about this #amwriting #writersky #writesky #writingcommunity #writers #queerscifi #scifi

tried a few things , including masking out body hair and rendering everything but the body in white. ref was a photo of @tattinthehat.bsky.social this is a new series I'm calling "the hole rainbow." it is a pun 🤌 #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

simple little boudoir watercolor inspired by an old photo I saved of @yourfriendkev.bsky.social, I think from twitter maybe? anyway quite happy with the simplicity and clarity here #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

I sold a scifi contact story late last year that's very gay and very political. it came out a couple weeks back and I forgot to post, but now here it is! afterthestormmagazine.com/2026/01/18/e...

come hither! actually, part of a larger series I'm actively and retroactively calling "looking (object)/looking (subject) tried some new things. always a work in progress! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

I am doing more art but I thought this was a more appropriate reatmo for #fcf #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

strolling through the empty desert #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

finished this one in december! reference was a photo by #briankaminski and I wanted to use the whole rainbow on this one. can you find the yellow? it's there, I promise #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #humpday

been doing some painting, though not as much as I'd like. here's a simple thing from earlier in the fall. reference was a great @walterzakphoto.bsky.social photo #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #humpday

haven't been painting as much as I'd like so here's Churro registering his annoyance that I'd be using some time that I could use to pet him on something else instead

dunno why this grabbed me, but a sweet moment from this lil' video @kingwade.bsky.social posted (bsky.app/profile/king...) seemed like it'd be a good reference. and ... was! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

I like everything about how this one turned out *except* the dick color, which is, like, alligator? if you're generous. it was gonna be charcoal instead but it didn't work, so this was the cover-up. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

reatmo-ing this one because I like it more than I did originally. a few things I'd do differently now but hey that's how it goes

this one's based on a photo I took and I really like how it came out. that's all! #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #humpday #gaypainting

this was the first painting I got in the erotic art show and my first post here! I also like it a lot even though it's a simple little thing, and I need to do light values as colors again bc rainbow bc gay #gay #queer #gayart #queerart #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #rainbow

an experiment I tried with cutouts and splatter. not totally thrilled with the result, but it's a good place to start #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #thirstythursday #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

wanted to do a very reduced painting of a naked guy playing pool 🤷‍♂️ #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #humpday

reskying this one. for some reason tumblr guys went absolutely wild for this one specifically, at least in the brief period while my tumblr was unblocked. relatedly, tumblr still exists. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

I sold this original and a bunch of prints at the art show, and I forgot to post it here! I still have a bunch of prints on my etsy, though, and lots of others: www.etsy.com/shop/CantoDj... #gayart #queerart #watercolor #gaypainting #queerpainting #desertart #malenude

I completely forgot to post when this happened, but I actually sold this original! I made a bunch of prints beforehand (in case anyone else wants one...) but it's still wild to me that someone wanted an art that I created. Wild, but exciting! #gayart #watercolor #queerart #gayartwork

I kinda forgot I already posted a version of this, but ... here it is again! A simple desert scene with block color and a naked guy, what's not to like? #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

another reference from a photo of @petarious.bsky.social, bsky.app/profile/peta..., and I had a couple of different ideas here, not all of which I realized as I wanted. *however* I really like how both he and the sky turned out. #gayart #queerart #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

I really like how this one turned out, so I'm reposting it 🤷‍♂️ ...or whatever the "re"-thing is here #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

originally I painted this to be a simple lil' thing I could turn into stickers -- which I did! -- but now I'm thinking about doing more of these just 'cause I like the reduced detail thing. would you like to see more of this style, dear reader? #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist

I really like to paint interactions of light, shadow, and body!Original photo by Stef Lohstroh over on instagram (www.instagram.com/hedoesphotog...), where he has lots of other gorgeous images. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

Really really wanted to use this as a reference when I saw it, so ... I did. Thanks @therealjacobdillon.bsky.social for the inspiration, which you can see here: bsky.app/profile/ther... #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

Kind of a coquettish ideal going on here, and I was looking to do something with more environmental storytelling than I usually go for. This and all my art's now available as prints on Etsy! www.etsy.com/shop/CantoDj... #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

New watercolor I finished a couple days ago. There's a lot of blue underneath everything and I like how that turned out. Main ref is this photo from @samholister.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/samh... #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork