Rick Castro Sold My Penis!

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Rick’s Instagram photo of My Penis paintings at the Tom of Finland 2016 Art Fair. He used a blacklight, which gave them an eerie green glow. The one on the right sold on Saturday.

It has been very hard to keep up and things are only going to move faster. Let’s start off with the obvious. Rick Castro sold My Penis!

My Penis is the name of two glow in the dark pieces for the Antebellum Halloween group show. One is on a paddle, and the other is on canvas board. Rick brought them to the Tom of Finland Art fair this weekend as part of his exhibit in the Tom of Finland dungeon. I dropped by Saturday evening and Rick gave me the good news.

There’s some really great stuff of the fair on Instragram. I suggest checking out

https://www.instagram.com/rickcastro.antebellum

https://www.instagram.com/tomoffinlandfoundation

https://www.instagram.com/homoriot

I didn’t exhibit at TOF this year. I wanted to check out art, hang out and relax a bit, and to be honest, I’m glad I did. I haven’t been feeling well lately. I got to support the event by making a donation and buying drinks. The foundation house is looking even better this year too! They’ve remodeled the garden with additional fountains and shaded areas to relax. It’s quite inspirational. I’d like to try some of this with my own back yard in the future.

Working on the SMUT poster while at Sharon's party. I'd post more on my Twitter or Instagram, but I'm sure the entire apartment violates Terms of Service and is not 2257 complaint for model releases :-)

Working on the SMUT poster while at Sharon’s party. I’d post more on my Twitter or Instagram, but I’m sure the entire apartment violates Terms of Service and is not 2257 complaint for model releases 🙂

Next up was Crazy Sharon’s 45th anniversary party for her apartment. It sounds like a silly occasion to mark, but you should see her place. Sharon has covered almost every inch of her one bedroom apartment in Santa Monica with photos from her adventures at swing clubs, Club FUCK, Sin A Matic, Threshold, and of course Tom of Finland. In addition, she’s crammed in there artwork by some of the kinkiest artists such as Bishop, Justice Howard, The Hun, and Michael Kirwan. Many of them are personally signed as she’s been a supporter of kinky art since the 80’s.

It feels like someone’s been using my chest as a punching bag, from the inside out. Even though I’m not coughing constantly, I’ve been getting these gagging sensations.  I’ve had to stay quiet, and stay down. Sharon got me a good seat on her new couch and poured me orange juice as guests began to arrive. It’s fun to watch people who’ve never seen the apartment before stunned by her overwhelming museum of BDSM.

Sunday, La Luz de Jesus wrapped the 2016 Coaster Show with a closing party, and Mark Todd was doing a book signing for his solo show in the showroom next door. This was much more relaxed than the opening show. Reflections in Femdom and Purple Pain came home with me today. Those are still for sale through the gallery for the next six months. Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info.

By the way, I’ve talked with the folks at New Profanity, Antebellum and La Luz de Jesus. Everything is good. I’ll explain more later.

Artwork for the Halloween Group Show at Antebellum

Artwork for the Halloween Group Show at Antebellum

Next week is the Halloween group show at Antebellum with the opening party on Saturday, October 8th.

Special thanks to Natasha at New Profanity for having Moon Mistress at the gallery.

Special thanks to Natasha at New Profanity for having Moon Mistress at the gallery.

This month, Moon Mistress is on display at New Profanity on Melrose. Natasha also has a bunch of my greeting cards and stickers on display. Go check them out! You can find details at NewProfanity.com or https://www.instagram.com/newprofanity.

SMUT 4 is coming! This night combining art and kink will be October 21st at Sanctuary LAX. I’ll have more as we get closer to the date. Find them online at https://www.facebook.com/events/291999907804123.

And finally, episode 2 of 4 Minutes of Fetish will get done! I just need to be able to sit at the computer long enough to wrap it up.

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First, An Apology

Salutations,

I owe La Luz de Jesus, Antebellum Art Gallery, and New Profanity an apology. October is an excessively busy month for me, and I’ve been under a lot of stress with the combination of the driving gig, and getting ready for shows. It’s that last part that may get me in trouble.

You see, galleries have a thing about what I would call gallery fidelity. A major faux pas would be to show work at one gallery, and right after, take that same work to a neighboring gallery. Thankfully, we haven’t gone that far.

But, I am currently showing at La Luz de Jesus as part of their huge Coaster Show, and coming up to October where I’m committed to showing three gay bondage pieces at Antebellum, and at least one Femdom piece at New Profanity on Melrose. I already had promises to those galleries for Halloween group shows before my invite to the Coaster show.

Now, these three galleries are vastly different in content and style. The good news is, so far, no one at any of the galleries has complained. But it did dawn on me that I’m not thinking ahead properly. I’ve been so concerned getting artwork done, I forgot about gallery protocols and manners.

All this, and the one night art event, SMUT hasn’t even come into conversation yet.

I apologize to all three galleries managers, owners and staff. I’ll be more sensitive about this in the future. I have great love for all three venues and it is an honor to be showing at your locations.

With that said, please let me show you what’s cooking.

moonmistresswipThis is Moon Mistress, the piece in progress for New Profanity on Melrose. I started it this month and have been rushing to get it completed for their Halloween group show. I’ll include some free cards and stickers with the artwork. We haven’t set a price yet.

x24penispaddleIn the middle is the new piece for Antebellum. I wanted to show it on Instagram, but it would violate the terms of service. It is signed and numbered, and it glows in the dark like the other penis painting for Antebellum. To the left is the piece from Dog and Pony Show, I’ve finished clear coating that paddle too and it will be returning to Antebellum soon.

To FetishArtist.net fans and readers, where I go from here is a little tricky. This may impact if I get to show at La Luz in the future. Honestly, I didn’t think past the Coaster Shows as it takes years to get a solo exhibition at La Luz, but I forgot they also do other group shows. My plans for Antebellum and New Profanity were to keep the work so different that there would be no conflict of interest, and the Coaster Show is also a vastly different exhibition than what I’ve been doing.

So, major gallery showings may be trickier in the future. This should not impact smaller vending events such as SMUT and Bizarre Bazaar, but I have to be more sensitive to the galleries if I want to get taken seriously.

Oh, before I forget, the next episode of 4 Minutes of Fetish is still in progress, I need to get Moon Mistress complete before that happens.

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Coaster Show and Logo Art

The La Luz de Jesus Coaster Show opens this Friday with a reception at 8:00 P.M. at 4633 Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles just east of Hollywood towards Silverlake. I’ll be there, bunches of artists will be there, a naked statue of a certain annoying presidential candidate will be there, and if all goes well (or even not), we can stagger across the street to Cheetahs gentleman’s club and celebrate.

Here’s my pieces going on display.

Good Slave, Side A. Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Good Slave, Side A. Acrylic and ink. Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Good Slave, Side B Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Good Slave, Side B. Acrylic and ink. Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Reflections of Femdom Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Reflections of Femdom. Acrylic and ink, including metalic purple acrylic ink.
Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Purple Pain Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

Purple Pain. Acrylic and ink, including purple metalic acrylic ink.
Contact info@laluzdejesus.com for purchase info

There is going to be over 1000 coasters by hundreds of artists on display. You don’t have to be in Los Angeles to get a preview, or to buy. You can even buy right now before the show begins. Check it out at http://laluzdejesus.com/the-4th-annual-coaster-show-mark-todd

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One thing that’s new is a logo card I worked up for the YouTube site. I’m still working on episode 2 of 4 Minutes of Fetish. I’m still painting My Penis *giggle*, a preview of that is below in an older post. On the sketchpad is a buff demon for Antebellum’s Halloween show, but that’s another story.

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