The struggle of your will. The light and the dark halves of yourself. The good and the bad decision and the seductive nature of the battle to give in or be strong. A little something we can all relate to when we are forced to face within ourselves something so polarizing.

Check out The Choice in the Fantasy gallery.

Kudos to Frank – He made this hilarious send-up of the Shepard Fairey poster. See comments below, a link to Frank’s site and sorry for any confusion as I’m not responsible for this clever dig.

I recently picked up the incredibly wrong, humorous, foul, perverse, violent and well written first 7 issues of the comic, The Boys, now published by Dynamite Entertainment. In short, I fuckin’ loved it! Sex all over the place – though not always viewed in a very good light – is used to push the story along about a group of people commissioned by the CIA to keep an eye on superheros who aren’t always what their press and image live up to be. The Boys intimidate and even kill superheros to keep them in check.

What I find interesting is the lack of a moral compass in either the heroes or The Boys, as the parallels between either are strikingly similar and as with most things, it just depends which side you are on. With such a dark subject, it’s lightened by poking fun at the whole world of comics fandom and the heroes people have come to love over the history of comics.

The cast of characters are well-rounded and despite their movement in the gray area of what the definition of justice is, I find I really like these characters because of the definite moments of true humanity at it’s best despite the overwhelming worst in so many.

Pick it up – it’s worth the time and money!

I’ve updated the art gallery and I urge you to take a peek around to see what you find.

Here’s a series of quick links to the pieces for those not adventurous:

• Avatar – Done for Avatar Los Angeles‘ 25 Year Anniversary. The concept personifies the group and their core mission to live, act out, and explore your kinks.
• Bathroom Boys – Done for Unzipped Magazine for an article on Sex Tricks.
• Dave : Chokehold – Commission done and for the series of real life, actual people.
• Full Service – A fun piece for [2] Magazine for a story about sex in a convenience store after hours with a story of the same name.
• Rank – A re-make of a piece I did years ago, but redrawn and in all it’s stinking glory. I had to stop 4 times while painting this one to take some self-pleasuring breaks.
• Boy Auction – Done for the group Senior Action in a Gay Environment, for their benefit April 5th. Commissioned by the New York Boys of Leather and available for you as well!

Enjoy! And if you are in L.A. Saturday night, I’ll see you at the Antebellum Gallery.

Foot fetishism is the most common form of sexual preference for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts. For a foot fetishist, points of attraction include the shape and size of the foot and toes, treatments like pedicure, state of dress- barefoot or clad in shoes, socks or nylons. Antebellum Gallery – known as the only fetish art gallery in America, (and perhaps the world), continues the tradition of presenting exhibitions and ideas never before seen with FOOLS FOR FEET curated by Rick Castro.

Featuring artists: Palanca, Etienne, Tom Bianchi, Marco Brollo, Julien Jules, Christopher Trevor,  Bryan Barnes, Francesco D’Isa, Drub, and many more!

Antebellum Gallery
1643 N. Las Palmas Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
323 856-0667

Salon Events Include:

FOOT WORSHIPER’S TEA PARTY – April 5TH – 5PM – $10
SKETCH SALON – April 6TH – 1PM – with Model: TONY WARD – LIVE! – $100
FETISH FILM NIGHT – April 10TH – 7PM – $5
LUXURIANT FOOT SALON – April 11TH – 7PM – $20
TICKLE & TORTURE – April 12TH – 7PM – $15
FOOT LOVER WORKSHOP – April 19TH – $20
FETISH BOOK CLUB – April 24TH – 7PM – $10
THE SHRIMPING SHOW – April 26TH – $20
HIGH HEELS – Closing Party – April 1ST – 7PM – $5

Fools for Feet exhibition is sponsored by: FlipFlopErotic