The Art of Gladstone-Tibbs: whimsical pin-up adult fantasy art & illustration
Art on this site contains nudity & adult themes, so adults only please!
Welcome
Eroticism is close to life, closer than philosophy or anything like that, its an animal thing that has many facets and is pleasing to use, as you would use a tube of paint.
—Marcel Duchamp
A long time ago I was told to draw and paint what I enjoy. So here I am, heeding that advice, and have been illustrating it ever since!
What it is I enjoy drawing and painting is a whimsical mixture of pin-up, erotica, and celebrity caricatures, which as a result of growing up in the era of the tabloid press and celebrity sex and scandal, capriciously leans towards pop culture, lending an inexhaustible supply of topically salacious, and often humorous inspiration for illustration which I find very appealing.
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I should perhaps add that I enjoy teasing out the cultural hypocrisy—especially with regards erotica aka porn, treated with disdain while simultaneously obsessed by it or its like—that seemingly expresses itself more clearly than anywhere else in reaction to our highly sexualised pop culture—or rather, the chiding reaction of many to it while shutting door on their own skeletons in cultures dressing area cupboard.
But all said, I don’t take it too seriously and neither should you—it is what it is, nothing more, nothing less, rather like the pop culture satirised that gets many so indignantly steamed, which, if nothing else gives those who think you should be talking about “serious matters” instead something to talk about and lambaste while not talking about such “serious matters” or even things they actually like and is just good copy to give me something to draw and paint, which takes us back to where we started.
I hope you enjoy your visit and will return again soon.
Blog/Picks Closure Notice
With the commencement of the New Year I have decided it time for archived sections (Blog and Latest Picks) to be finally “removed”.
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There are several reasons for this:
- several years have now past since they were last updated
- a desire to avoid having to make fixes due to changes in site layout
- a desire not to have loose ends that I no longer have time to sustain, having removed my Blogger Digests which were a source of many Picks
Currently, these archived sections have been removed from navigation and from search engine indexing, but will eventually be removed from Gallery pages and Polls that that reference and from search results.
It has also been some time since any new illustration have been posted, for which there are several reasons too:
- most illustration was parodying particular story Picks which are no longer being made
- sadly, I am no longer in touch with with anyone interested in parodied “pornified” pop culture and, never really being one for checking visitor analytics, I am unsure if there is still any interest in this sort of thing
- I have other commitments, illustration and otherwise
If there is still any interest, you could perhaps let me know by voting in this Celeb Suggestions poll.
Gallery Selection
