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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Fur Ball is tonight - November 8th at 8PM at The Gay Center in New York City (map). The magazine Pinups (website - articles - profile) is doing the visuals.
From their site: "DJ Quentin Harris will bring the Bears out of their caves with his mixing magic. Be warned... fur ahead! Join Dance 208 as we celebrate everything furry. Fur Ball is back! Enjoy the fur attack. There are two floors of dancing, (SPIT Lounge with DJ Mike Grimes and Paul Short), go-go Bears, cheap beer, Bear art, and warm, warm fur... and over 700 furry friends. So leave the caves and shake it out! Let the fur fly!".
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Just a little while back, I put up an article about this great magazine called Pinups (website - article), a mag which has "no words - just an exaggeration of the classic centerfold. The magazine exists in book form but can be taken apart and then tiled together to reveal a life-size image".
Now I already mentioned that in the last article, but what I want to point out is that Pinups went ahead and made a great TubeBear profile. It's close to perfect. They chose a great main photo, added several photos to their galleries, their description is neat, and they added a 720x90 banner which shows up in rotation on both TubeBear and PlanetBears.
Also... Pinups is a magazine, so it's not a personal profile, it's a Mag profile as well as a website profile. So this is a reminder to all those who have a Bear website, to those who are Bear musicians, artists, painters, to those who run Bear companies and bars and even to those who run a Bear group - create a profile on TubeBear, added description, a few photos, and promote it by creating a banner.
Just do like Pinups... who is truly a poster boy for TubeBear.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It wasn't too long ago when I mentioned in the news about the wonderful drawings found in Charlie's Sketch Book (
website -
blog -
article). Since that article, I have gotten to chat with Charlie via email and what a great bloke he's turned out to be. He told me that he's planning a trip to Canada with a chance of us meeting up, and if we do meet up, he just might do a live sketching of Roger (
galleries -
profile) if he has the time. Make sure to check out his work, it's sheer talent mixed in with the love of art making.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Here's a new drawing from the Spanish Bear Yotto Bano (article). You can see more of his 'Graffiti & Urban Bear Art' over at one of the coolest Bear blog names yet - it's called UrsaLaLaLa. Yotto even sent in a 'TubeBear drawing' awhile back, and so can you. Check out this article which will explain on how you can have your artwork displayed on TubeBear as well. You don't even need a profile nor a website... just the art.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
His name is Charlie Hunter and he enjoys sketching... and his sketches are really out of this world - see for yourself at Flux Art. He has a knack for catching the essence of what a Bear is on paper. He pencils them in with such a fine detail that they are almost lifelike, and there's a few of his sketching that make it to paint, adding a whole other dimension with colour and depth.
There's not much about Charlie himself on either his site or on his blog, but you do find out what kind of man he is by the work he does, and he does some truly fine and excellent work. Go discover Charlie's sketching for yourself.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
You may have notice... on TubeBear - the main page - there's a drawing in the bottom left hand corner. If you refresh the page, the drawing changes. Over the past while, TubeBear has been asking artists to make a TubeBear art piece. Take a look at all the great entries right here.
Calling all artists: if you are a Bear artist - or if you're an artist who makes Bearish art - may it be paintings, drawings, cartoons or photography - send it in (either by email or by the contact form). Here is the TubeBear ball for you to download (it's a zip file with the PSD and the PNG as well the font). What we do over at TubeBear is that we will display it in rotation. Also, if you create a profile and add a link back to your website (either for yourself or for your work), we can also add a banner (720x90 pixels) which will also show up in rotation on the main page.
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Monday, September 8, 2008
First off, that is not a picture of Brent D. Marr. It's a picture and a drawing of Shane, aka WelshCub... but 1st about Brent. Brent is an artist from Portland, OR (website - profile - articles). His drawings are seriously excellent, and he also has a great website, a revamped one to boot. He is going to be putting up a couple of new pieces for sell, one called WelshCub and the other A Hard Place.
What's great is that Shane had sent me photos way back when I was running BearPress in '99. You can see his profile here, and click here to see those images he sent me almost a decade ago.
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Monday, September 8, 2008
London based Mike Thorn - bear-art.com - will be showing his work at the Blackhorse Lane Open Studio from September 12th thru the 14th. More info about that here.
Here's a bit about Mike from his site: "I am inspired to show images of gay men which challenge the stereotypical ideal. Ordinary men who look at other men, natural guys caught in everyday life. No labels. The contrast of reality and fantasy.
I draw on my personal experience of having lived in the metropolis and explore the darker side of the gay subculture with an awareness and sensitivity of the age touched by pride and the celebration of life. A world where the young die from Aids and people struggle to be happy with HIV awareness. With the growing reality of a society caught in the dilemma of prejudice for things they struggle to understand".
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Friday, August 22, 2008
My buddy Teddy of ButchBear and BEAR Mag told me to check out this artist named Steven Miller (website) because ~ well ~ since Teddy knows I like Bears in bondage, he said that there's a cool little set called 'Bound' (set - photo) that Steven made. It's very interesting indeed as well as all his other sets.
There's very little about who Steve is (just a resume, no bio, no photos) which has the observer wanting to know more about whom this artist is. He does, however, have little write-ups about his sets, and here's a snippet about what he has to say about his 'Bound' set: "Bound, rope symbolizes the mental, physical and spiritual ties that bind. Materially, the subjects are bound to self, others, and inseparably the unknown. The tied ropes are constricting or loose, a representation of the various connections and disconnections between friends, lovers and strangers. Ropes around the subjects' heads act as a metaphor for how we're wrapped up inside our perceptions and simultaneously, by emphasizing yet obscuring the face, the viewer is encouraged to consider other aspects of the body". Very, very interesting.
Head on over to his site. I'm not sure why he has 555 in his domain name ~ smiller555.com ~ but it makes me think of this song by Slipknot (if you're 555 then I'm 666)... and Bears? They are Jackpot honey Heaven 777.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Head on over to catch up on the latest
Bear With Me cartoon. From Bruin: (
articles -
profile): "
In this latest installment, Paul gets a taste of what he's gotten himself into, as he returns to the life of thankless drudgery he left to start his business in Wisconsin. While we see a brief spark of the big Bear we know and love, it is quickly squelched as Paul realizes he came back to his old life willingly. Have all Paul's dreams died? Will Andy come for him? Will Paul decide to leave with Andy, or stay in Pennsylvania?".
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Parisian artist Guy Thomas (website - profile) is going to be showcasing his excellent material in Madrid for the very first time. It will be at the Hot Bar from July 4th thru September 15th. The exhibition is called 'Bearroco' (flyer). Guy states that this is going to give him the opportunity to pay a tribute to the Golden Age Masters of Portrait as well to his favourite subject of painting Bears which he has been doing for 10 years professionally.
In other news ~ Guy, after many years drawing mostly in monochromatic, states that he is rediscovering the joy in doing oil painted portraits; "I enjoy the strength of oil colours, sometimes on a golden background - like the Middle Age icons, of course to represent Bear-Icon... in my way".
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
It's high time you familiarize yourself with the excellent art work drawn by the French Bear artist Christophe Jannin (website - blog - TubeBear profile - PlanetBears articles). Now I know I mention the fact that Chris is as cute as his artwork, the simple fact is that it's true.
Christophe sends in his newest artwork. From Chris: "I have just finished 'Gilles de Rais arriving in Orleans' (click here to see the full version). Gille de Rais is flamboyant here. He was a real historic character, marshal of France and a Joan of Arc companion with whom he liberated the city of Orleans during the 100 years war against the English in he first half of the 15th century. You might know him under his nickname 'Blue Beard'. He was condamned and hanged for the crimes of felony, murder and sodomy. Yes he was gay!
As for my upcoming schedule, I have 2 upcoming exhibitions in France, one in Lyon from July 25th thru August 15th at the StationB, and the one one in Orleans at the cinema "Les Carmes" from September 23rd until October 12th for the Gay and Lesbian Films Festival. The title of this is called ' From Auckland, Bears, at the end of the world...".
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Loren Macias of The Butchdick Collection stated he had taken a small break from painting for awhile but he's gotten the itch once again. The thumbnail pictured you see is his latest entitled 'Rear XX'. He also informed me that he's been dabbling in oil paints... oh... and he just turned 40. Make sure to check out his website as well as his MySpace page (you need to be added to his friend's list to see his page, but at least you can have a peek at what this cute artist looks like).
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
British artist Andy Cropper has new work up on his site Art by Andy. From Andy: "In celebration of me becoming a full time artist, overcoming my battle with depression and the overwhelming success of my previous 'Andy in a Box' paintings, I've created this new series 'Andy in a Box - 2008' They are on display on my website and in my MySpace gallery. They are for sale. If you're interested in buying do let me know". Visit his blog as well as his MySpace page.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Robert Harmon aka JrBear of Bound in Ink (articles - TubeBear PRO profile) is informing us that his work will be displayed at an upcoming charity event for the Calcutta House. This will be taking place at The Bike Stop in Philadelphia, PA on April 17th. As well, Rob will be showing his new collection of drawings kick off this show. 20% of all the sales from the artists will be given to the Calcutta House.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
The following is from Les Wright, editor of Bear Book I and Bear Bear II and of Bear History Project: "Bears' artistic creativity has exploded in recent years. As the Bears' subculture has flourished world-wide into gay-mainstream community everywhere, opportunities for Bear creative types to find an audience has not kept pace.
The Bear world has changed since the early days of the Bear History Project and the Bear Icons art exhibitions on the East Coast, and the first Bear Paws, then Ursology literary salons here at IBR. We are bigger, better, brighter than ever. The old venues are far too small and have outlived their usefulness. It is time to renew and redevelop the Bear arts – Bear writing, Bear photography and painting, Bear music and performing arts, Bear history and memoir. It is time for a new vision, bigger, bolder, broader, of these Bear arts.
Ursology brought a small taste of Bear writing and Bear visual arts to IBR. Bear cultural events have sprung up all over the US and overseas, Bear Café in New York, the Bear Film Festival in Vermont, and no doubt much, much more is happening today. Bears as subject matter of serious, established painters, theorizing Bear as homomasculine homoerotic ideal
This is a call to all Bear arts devotees – Bear creative types, arts nonprofit professionals, writers, scholars, film-makers, archivist, web publishers, commercial supporters of Bear community, friends with deep pockets, with vision, with big hearts, with creative drives to come together: to transform Ursology, or its next generation incarnation – into a Bear cultural phenomenon, into the Bear cultural event of the year.
Rather than mount a very small event, with little opportunity to do artists and writers justice, Ursology 2008 is being devoted to an open-ended forum, a call to plan a whole new kind of event. Spread the word!".
Ursology has its showing on February 16th at the Washington Gate Holiday Inn in San Francisco.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Call to Artists: "The Fur Real Collective, a newly formed Bear Art Collective based in Toronto (Canada), is proud to present Fur Real: Bears Without Boundaries.
We are inviting artists who are Bears or who identify as Bears to participate in a new art show to be launched in Toronto at the beginning of June.
We are interested in work that explores themes relevant to the Bear community and identity such as sex and erotica, fraternity and brotherhood and solidarity, beauty and masculinity and fun.
'Fur Real: Bears Without Boundaries' hopes to attract submissions reflecting a diversity of media such as painting and drawing, digital art, film and photography, performance art, etc. We invite interested artists to email us a jpg sample of their current work and/or a brief written statement about their work with photos attached. Do not send original work as submissions will not be returned!
Size and quantity of work by artists selected to participate to be determined. All work must be submitted by March 31st. Only those artists who are selected to participate will be contacted by email on April 14th. Gallery location, and date of opening to be determined. In addition, a $50 administrative fee will be charged to all artists who are chosen to participate in the show.
For more information please contact Mark Ciale, artistic director and curator. He can be reached by
email
or through his MySpace page".
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Monday, January 28, 2008
His name is Robert Harmon and he's this attractive Bear Cub artist who's informing us that he's now created a website dedicated to his Bear and Leather Erotica work. The site is called Bound in Ink and there's all his work from 2006 onward is on display, including some ads he has made as well as his commissioned stuff - visit his gallery to see his drawings. Rob mentioned to us that he's working hard at getting out his 2008 collection so we'll be seeing more of him soon.
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
A must see for anyone who enjoys the look of a Bearish man is the Art by Minoru. His work kind of makes me think of how Michelangelo would have drawn Bears if he were alive today... then again... Minoru has his own very distinct style, especially when it comes to detailing faces. There are several Bearish guys I recognize that he has drawn which makes it all that more exciting to view his work. Prints are available of his work, all you have to do is email him.
Here's a little bit about Minoru, from his site: "Minoru was born in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He attended Asia University in Tokyo and received his Bachelor's Degree in Business. He also attended the Bunka Fashion Academy in Tokyo where he studied Fashion Design as well as Fashion Illustration. He worked in the fashion industry in Japan until 1979 when he moved to Los Angeles.
Minoru has taken various life drawing classes at East Los Angeles College, Pasadena City College and finally Glendale Community College. Also while at Glendale Community College, he also took classes in illustration, oil painting, water color and print making. He has been given various First Place awards at student art shows for his works in life drawing, water color and print making. Currently, he lives in Burbank, California.
Minoru's unique style shows in all his work from his erotic pieces to his non-erotic fine art. For more than six years, rarely has a day gone by that he has not worked on his drawings. When you see the detail in his work, you'll no doubt agree it has been time well spent".