BlackBoot

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

balaclava.q

The editor of the Ireland based queer art project balaclava.q has recently added the works of Black Boot online. To read more about this exciting collective please click on the following link:

balaclava.q

Sunday, 25 September 2016

Black Boot Art

• minimal portraits
• simple color palettes
• familiar yet ambiguous scenarios

The 3 Formats:

Marker & Acrylic on Carton -
In this format the artist uses a heavy black outline over a pencil sketch to
form the figure and the background details. The supporting elements are
then colored in with acrylics leaving a small space between the edge of
the color and their black outline.
The body or skintone is purposely left in the raw state giving it the neutral
color of the carton. A color that is representative of the figure's unspecific
ethnicity - an every-man.
Carton is deliberately chosen as the canvas for the art because it is a
universally recognized material - man made, non precious, disposable,
yet durable material. Everyone has seen it, used it and disposed of it
without much thought and these characters stand as a strong comparative
statement as to how we sometimes treat our fellow man. Also, with the
majority of the color being applied to the background and clothing to create
the scenario, the human figure itself thus becomes the negative space in
the piece. Is it a dream or memory of what has happened, or in it's natural
untinted state has the figure transcended its negativity to become the focal
point of the composition which symbolizes man's inherent struggle for
survival ?
Lastly, the entire image is coated with a heavy acrylic glaze to
give it a shine or wet look that once again transforms the original matte
surface of the carton emulating other materials such as ceramic or
cloisonné.

Marker & Acrylic on Collage on Wood Panel -
The pencil sketch and the heavy outline remain the same, but in this format
the figure is painted in with a solid color along with articles of clothing that
add elements of description to the piece. This placement of color leaves
the collage background visible to reveal more clues as to what the full story
of the image could be.
Just as in the first format the stage is set but in a minimal way and
the viewer is free to create their own narrative to complete the story.

'16 MM' -
Here in this newest format, the black and white image is usually a still from
a porn printed on paper and torn into 16 equal segments. The 16 smaller
pieces or frames represent the 16 mm film that pre-digital porns were
filmed on. These are collage onto a wood panel and a select number of
areas are painted over in acrylic. The figure is partially covered with color
giving the fugure a hybrid look of half human and half superhero, such as
porn actors are sometime looked upon. Again the image is covered in a
gloss acrylic referencing the glamour and slickness of the porn film industry.

*Most Black Boot pieces are in done in standard sizes of DIN A4 and
DIN A5 with a few exceptions in quadrat.

information updates: blackboot46.blogspot.de
email: blackboot46@yahoo.de

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Teamwork

Teamwork - 2016

collage, pencil, marker & acrylic on wood

6 panels - each DIN A5

in the world of professional team sports specifically football or soccer today players for big league teams are bought and sold like commodities and 'national' teams are made up of players from all races and nationalities ... some even given citizenship as part of their multi million € contracts. Also, in this professional sports arena homophobia is allowed to run rampant with both the fans and managements alike. This piece Teamwork represents members of a team made up of players of a full range of skin color with their manhood blazing out of their closets.
Below is a link of a far too common news item that talks of this problem:

http://www.thelocal.es/20160919/spains-only-gay-referee-under-police-protection-due-to-threats

Caught with your pants down...again

Caught with your pants down ... again
marker and acrylic on carton
21 x 21 cm - 2016

sorry for the LONG pause since the last postings here
and finally back to creating some new works !

Pool Boys

Pool Boys - 2016

pencil, marker & acrylic on carton

each panel - DIN A5

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Earl Grey

Earl Grey

collage, marker and acrylic on wood panel

DIN A5 - 2016

Nothing like starting the day with a fresh pot of hot English tea.
And...

Just because he looks like a scally boy does not mean that he doesn't have a proper name.

Yellow Jock - tryptich

Yellow Jock - tryptich

3 panels - 21 x 30 cm each
collage, marker and acrylic on wood
2016

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Commission works - 2013

portraits of the collector and his partner

each 26 x 34.5 cm

collage, pencil, marker and acrylic on wood,

private collection - Seattle WA, USA

Black Boot is one of the featured artists in the 10th edition of Mein schwules Auge

a yearly book of works by gay artists published by Konkursbuch Verlag of Tübinggen Germany

www.amazon.com - Mein Schwules Auge #10

The artists of the Just Do Art Collective helped to raise 1,200.00 €

for le Refuge for the LGBT youth at risk in Paris !

www.le-refuge.org

Charity Art Tombola for le Refuge Paris

1 December 2013

www.le-refuge.org