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

I'm on etsy now, check it out! I have all my current painting prints, some photo prints (the ones Etsy will allow, and believe me, I tried all of 'em), stickers, and shirts. www.etsy.com/shop/cantoDj... #gayart #queerart #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

Original photo from a few years ago, and I expanded the floor a lot to make it look like I was way, way up. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #photo #gayphoto #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

One of my favorite "from above" shots, with a really strong contrast. #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

He actually wasn't hanging upside-down ... I'll leave it to the viewer to imagine the original orientation of this shot. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork #gayphoto

💜 butts! Photo reference from @ephebe.bsky.social (bsky.app/profile/ephe...). I was going for a really vibrant emerald here and I might've gone a little too yellow, but I'm still happy with how it turned out. #gay #queer #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

At my first art market (May '25 Unuzual Market in Tucson) with prints, stickers, shirts, etc. I'm going to start an online store in June, so look for that in the near future. The market went well, and I had my friend Rachael along to be extroverted. We look like we run an erotica farm.

Two for one, from some of my photos out in the desert. I want to turn these two into stickers. Stay tuned! I'm doing an art market next weekend and I'm going to have cool stuff to share. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

More playing with light and shadow. Reference here is a photo by Cedric Roulliat www.cedricroulliat.com #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

One of my favorite things to do is play around with light, which this photo of @petarious.bsky.social (bsky.app/profile/peta...) allowed me to do -- so I knew I had to do a painting based on it. #gay #queer #art #gayart #queerart #painting #watercolor #gayartist #queerartist #gayartwork

When I saw this photo of Paul @postmodernpastoral.bsky.social I knew I had to paint it. Frolicking! #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

The first one from that series, the detail/less detail one. There's also a lot of *looking* in this series. #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

Watercolor from a series I'm doing that mixes detail/no detail depending on who's looking at the viewer. Reference is a photo shared by aintgotyourtim (on other social media). #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

Watercolor from a couple weeks ago, based on a photo of Cam I took back in 2018. #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

Another photo of Paul (@postmodernpastoral.bsky.social) from the old yard, back in 2019. I like how mellow this one is. #gayart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist #gayphotography

Watercolor based on a George Platt Lynes photo from either 1953 or '54 (I can't figure out for sure). Models were Neel Bate and Ernest Henry. #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

The three paintings in the Tucson Erotic Art Show! Ft. I, unsure of art and things. #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

Playing with sides and inversion. Based on old photos shared by mekkilo on tumblr. #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist

Watercolor 2024 from a photo I took in 2019. They're flowers I glued on his back but folks seem to think they're, like, buboes or something. See what you will 🤷‍♂️ #gayart #eroticart #queerart #homoeroticart #gayartist #queerartist