Orpheus Men Art
@orpheusmen-art.bsky.social
British Artist & Rubberman. Currently Artist in Residence at @tomoffinlandfoundation in L.A. Until April 2025.
Corridor triptych II Oil on linen 2023 76cm x 56cm
New work in progress! Excited to see how these will develop!
Another one from last year from the back bedroom series Back Bedroom IV: All Fours (2024) Oil on Canvas 76cm x 61cm
My second piece completed at the TOM house. Continuing experimentation with new painting techniques Back Bedroom VIII: the end of the affair, Oil on paper, 23cm x 33cm
Triptych I completed a little while ago. Oil on paper 31cm x 26cm
First time this one has been seen! Flat 28a XVI 2024 Oil on linen 40cm x 65cm
Work in progress - my first painting of a fisting scene
This was the first piece from the Electrowerkz series Electroworkz I Oil on linen 2024 86cm x 60cm
Great to be an Official artist in residence at the TOM house
Tom of Finland Foundation@tomoffinland.org · 2y ago“I hope to produce paintings that will help me explore the diversity of L.A.’s Queer culture, art, & history. It’s doubly important to use art and culture to celebrate and normalise all corners of our Queer & alternative lifestyles.” – @orpheusmen-art.bsky.social tinyurl.com/MeetOrpheus #TOMair
Back Bedroom VI: Orange Jockstrap (2024) Oil on Canvas 76cm x 60cm
Back Bedroom V: red vinyl (2024) Oil on Canvas 71cm x 45cm
Had an amazing time yesterday rooting through the archives of original TOM drawings at the @tomoffinland.org
This was the third piece from the Electrowerkz sequence. It features in the @tomoffinland.org London culture festival in September 2024. Second pic shows it looking spectacular in its Flemish baroque style frame in its new owner’s home. Electrowerkz III (2024) Oil on Linen 101cm x 56cm
I completed this work in the autumn. You might have seen it in the flesh at our show at Hunter before xmas. Electrowerkz II (2024) Oil on Linen 61cm x 81cm Thanks to @colin-davis-studio.bsky.social for the help assembling models and lighting! (And for photographing the painting!)
Better photograph of newest painting Back Bedroom VI, Oil on paper, 33cm x 23cm
Another old classic Fog Station IV Oil on Paper, 36cmx26cm
Back Bedroom II: Orange Pants (2024) Oil on Canvas 71cm x 51cm
An old classic! Back Bedroom I: Pink Pants (2023) Oil on Canvas 46cm x 61cm
Latest completed painting. Experiment in colour and technique. Will be on show from April 17th at Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles. Back Bedroom VI, Oil on paper, 33cm x 23cm