My Photography: "Self-Portraits"

My Art: "The Birth"

The Birth (2005). Oil on canvas.

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*this is a part of an art work with two pieces,

the whole art work is 'The Birth & The Death'.

One of the rare abstract pieces I've made.

Artist of the Week: Samira Harris

Samira Harris is a UK based artist. Here are paintings from The spirit collection. It consists of meditative pieces, after over four years of doing black and white images Samira finally felt ready to move into colour last year. From her website you can also find two more collections; the body collection which presents pieces resulted from years of working with dancers and models focusing on expression and movement. The humanity collection is a reflection of Samira's feelings and thoughts about the nature of living and the more painful aspects of life. The three collections span the last ten years of Samira's artistic career.

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http://www.samiraharris.com/art.html

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Mr.Bitch's Music: Alanis Morissette "My Humps" (Cover)

HI-HI-HI-HILARIOUS! HAHAHAHA! I give a BIG HAND to Alanis for exposing how stupid the lyrics of this song really are! Way to go! Brilliant and funny as hell!

Kimmo Matias Menswear Line Continues

I don't usually brag about this kinds of things and not in this case either. I'm only sharing a happy moment with all of my readers, that's all! If anyone wishes to make more of it, well, then those people can just shove it down their throats. So, the story goes... Today I received a letter from Alfred Kordelin foundation. Some time ago I sent a grant application to them - and the answer to that was: yes! So this year I will start doing research and wire myself all over the place and in the beginning of next year I will start designing and producing the second edition of my menswear fashion line. I initally started the line in the beginning of this year with a small 'tester' collection.

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This weekend we are celebrating Mika's birthday (which was last week), my birthday (which was this week) and my future collection (which will see the light of day in the beginning of 2009). Three adorable creatures of course, haha - so lots to celebrate! This made my day!

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This will not mean I will be abandoning other creative arenas I love to play in. So I will still continue to do music and paint and photograph etc but next year my focus is and will have to be on this menswear collection, so that will be the main thing. But as I think I've written before, all the things I do are a natural part of me, and I love all my babies. Lot's of love and light to everyone, hope you all have a brilliant weekend! Shine your light and The Light will shine back at you... Sometimes patience is a virtue - though no way in hell would I say I possess such a virtue! I am the most impatient person I know, when my temper ignites it only takes 2 seconds to light the whole damn house on fire (figure of speech of course) so I guess I do not need to add I feel quite passionate about things?? And just in case you think I'm joking, let me tell ya, I ain't! Hahaha.

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I believe that sometimes life makes us struggle for our desires, to question our motives for doing things. It is a hard battle yet precious one, because to feel fulfilled we need to do something we love and we need to do it for the right reasons. My beliefs have been put to test many times and the rule number one is: never give up - this is where the patience is a plus. Rule number two is: never give up dreaming and your will to learn more. Rule number three: do your best and don't expect to get things for free - the reward is always sweeter when you know you have earned it. Rule number four: nobody succeeds all the time. When you're best is not good enough, then the thing you are reaching for might not be the right thing for you - or simply it's not yet time for you to have what you want. This means you need to learn something first, so you need to be honest with yourself and think about what you want, how you can reach it, are you doing it for the right reasons. Universe is an interesting place - let the energy flow through you. The minute you think you know it all and place yourself above everyone else, you will fall down from your high horse and stop growing. And I am not writing this in a way that I'm lecturing you nor am I "teaching you", I'm simply stating what I believe to be true. I've had plenty of struggles in my life and this is what I've come to learn from it. Usually when things are at their worst, something good is just around the corner. Have faith and fight agaist the dark thoughts - that is what I do, sometimes the light wins, sometimes the dark wins but ultimately there is always a reason behind things - even if we cannot see them. Kisses and hugs to everyone!

My Art: "Fall Asleep"

Fall Asleep (2006). Oil on canvas.

Artist of the Week: David Gremard Romero

This week's artist is David Gremard Romero, who I recently discovered. Instead of introducing him to you myself, I let the artist speak to you through his own artist statement.

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The central preoccupation unifying all my work is an engagement with the practice of the old masters, particularly those of the Baroque and Rococo periods. Their perfection of craft, their exploration of narrative modes, and their explicit connection to history and politics are a source of continuing fascination and inspiration to my work. Embedding contemporary iconography and themes in a classical figurative craft, I seek to tease out the hidden relationships and continuities between classical art and current culture. As a gay, Catholic, Mexican-American artist, the complex themes of race, sexuality, subjectivity and identity find themselves entwined within the baroque parade of Mexican wrestlers, mythic hermaphrodites, imagined superheroes, and beastly cherubs that populate my imagination, my drawings, and my paintings. -David Gremard Romero-

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You can find more David Gremard Romero paintings and other info at: http://www.gremardromero.com/home.html

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My Photography: Details IV

Here is a small selection of photographs I took last weekend. I could only fit so much. This week it's details images etc. One of images is called "Beauty (You've Never Seen)" for this reason: while I was taking the picture I was ridiculed and laughed at - this goes to show that some people just cannot see what is in front of them. It also makes the point about how much of an idiot people can be. It's not always fun to take pictures - especially when you are classified as a freak doing it! But that won't stop me, even if it does irritate me. I go to any lengths to take a shot if I know the end result will be something I like. And I have the damn wounds to prove it, hahaha! So, nothing these little-minded people can say will make me stop doing this. This time I included some coloured photographs as well. I hope you like them.

*** Iron Door (Detail_1)

I Waited You A Long Time

Message For You

Reality Checks

Star Imprisonment

The F (Word) District

What Did I Tell You?

Memories of You

You Make Me Wet

Still Wishing (You'd Come Back)

Protecting Me

You Crack Me Up

Soft Spots

Beauty (You've Never Seen)

You Went With The Roses

Hold On To Me (Bridge)

Money Hunger

Poetic Death

Unhappy Happiness

Iron Door (Detail_2)

My Art: "The King"

The King (2006). Oil on canvas.

Artist of the Week: Peter Berlin

This week’s artist is Peter Berlin, the notorious gay porn star of the early 1970s. He is best known for his groundbreaking porn films. What is less known is that the countless covers and photos layouts of Peter Berlin in gay magazines through the late 1980s were all taken by Berlin who is himself a professional photographer. His assignments routinely took him to Paris, Rome and London where he photographed celebrities including Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Brigitte Bardot, Alfred Hitchcock, Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Chevalier, Richard Widmark, and the clothes designers: Pierre Cardin, Karl Lagerfeld and Valentino. When Peter turned the camera on himself, he played each of two roles on different halves of the separately exposed negatives wearing his hallmark crotch grabbing costumes (all designed and executed by Berlin). Even less known, is that Peter Berlin is a gifted graphic artist. When the handling of black and white negatives in the darkroom occasionally resulted in prints that were slightly underexposed and grayish, he used his touch up pen and brush to darken the lines and increase the contrast. Soon he was using oils, acrylics and watercolors permitting him to enhance, embellish as well as colorize his black and white prints.The next step was the complete transformation or elimination of the backgrounds. He also started cutting up his photographs and creating collages with single or multiple self-images using different backgrounds from magazines including their covers and interior street and nature scenes. Berlin's talent as a graphic artist is perhaps best shown in his detailed pencil drawings which are well represented in this first exhibition of Peter Berlin's art.The body of Peter Berlin's creative work defies easy characterization. He challenges conventional notions of art and pornography and is perhaps alone with Tom of Finland in having created iconic images of masculine drag. For Peter Berlin's official website, go to www.peter-berlin.com.

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