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Contemporary artist of the Australian lifestyle, in 1993 Warwick Beecham (born 1947, Melbourne, Australia) realised a lifelong ambition and switched from an executive accounting career at Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios to full time painting. After studying with one of Australia's foremost painters, Robert Lovett, he was ready in 1996 to mount his first exhibition, which quickly sold out. Warwick's subjects cover a wide range: landscapes, seascapes, still life - but especially figure work. His paintings present the male form relaxing on and around Sydney's famous beaches, a reflection of the hedonistic lifestyle in Australia's sunny climate. Inspired by his childhood at the seaside town of Torquay, Victoria, his collection draws on his early observations of the moods of sea, surf and beach culture.
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"I interpret the beauty of the male figure in oil paint, becuase for me it is the most striking medium. It also enhances my brushwork, which tends to be strong and thick, and then complements my choice of colours.
Previously, both the colour and tone of my work was more realistic, but for this exhibition I'm now working with a warmer palette. This has permitted a freer interpretation of the subject matter, especially in the paintings of torsos and genitals, which are faceless and without personality.
For me, these are abstracts, and I create them with intense sweeps of the brush. And it's that very brushwork with its manipulation of paint and colour that excites me, such that the subject becomes secondary, almost incidental - until I step back to take a wider view. This switch of lighting technique permits me to convey a certain softness of personality in the figure.
Chiaroscuro, the effect of light and shadow, is another consideration when painting figurework. This is the inspiration for "Dozing" and "At the Deep End". Whereas for "Innocence", with the naked figure gently removing his Speedos, I emphasise the shadows of the sand dunes in relief, rather than those of the figure itself."
https://adonisartgallery.3dcartstores.com/Warwick-Beecham_c_43-1.html
More Artists at my website: http://www.elisarolle.com/, My Ramblings/Art
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"I interpret the beauty of the male figure in oil paint, becuase for me it is the most striking medium. It also enhances my brushwork, which tends to be strong and thick, and then complements my choice of colours.
Previously, both the colour and tone of my work was more realistic, but for this exhibition I'm now working with a warmer palette. This has permitted a freer interpretation of the subject matter, especially in the paintings of torsos and genitals, which are faceless and without personality.
For me, these are abstracts, and I create them with intense sweeps of the brush. And it's that very brushwork with its manipulation of paint and colour that excites me, such that the subject becomes secondary, almost incidental - until I step back to take a wider view. This switch of lighting technique permits me to convey a certain softness of personality in the figure.
Chiaroscuro, the effect of light and shadow, is another consideration when painting figurework. This is the inspiration for "Dozing" and "At the Deep End". Whereas for "Innocence", with the naked figure gently removing his Speedos, I emphasise the shadows of the sand dunes in relief, rather than those of the figure itself."
https://adonisartgallery.3dcartstores.com/Warwick-Beecham_c_43-1.html
More Artists at my website: http://www.elisarolle.com/, My Ramblings/Art
A PINK SATURDAY SPECIAL EVENT: LITERARY TRIBUTE TO E. LYNN HARRIS 
In My Father's House: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris 
In My Father's House: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris 
Monica Nolan, author of Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher and Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary comes to ADL for Pink Saturday afternoon delight: a conversation on lesbian pulp fiction. 
A Different Light 
The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein 
The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein 
Ranch Hands is a novel with the taste of an homemade apple pie. Sid Rosen is the only owner, and worker, of a ruined ranch in an farm county. He has no money to hire an help and neither to pay the mortgage, but he doesn’t want to give up. The only one to answer his ad for a ranch hand is Roger: not much experience, but willing to help in exchange of only border, Roger is Sid’s only chance. 
Ranch Hands is a novel with the taste of an homemade apple pie. Sid Rosen is the only owner, and worker, of a ruined ranch in an farm county. He has no money to hire an help and neither to pay the mortgage, but he doesn’t want to give up. The only one to answer his ad for a ranch hand is Roger: not much experience, but willing to help in exchange of only border, Roger is Sid’s only chance. 
Dabbed as “summer reading”, something that usually is light and easily forgotten, Between Boyfriends was one of the most nice surprise I had lately; I can really imagine someone finding this book in 20 years or so, in some yard sale, with the cover full of wrinkles, since it came out directly in paperback, and having again the same surprise I had. Between Boyfriends is witty, romantic and shocking; it’s a full immersion in the most flaming and gayish gay life you can imagine, with characters coming out (pun very much intended) from the stereotype imaginary of gay culture. 
Dabbed as “summer reading”, something that usually is light and easily forgotten, Between Boyfriends was one of the most nice surprise I had lately; I can really imagine someone finding this book in 20 years or so, in some yard sale, with the cover full of wrinkles, since it came out directly in paperback, and having again the same surprise I had. Between Boyfriends is witty, romantic and shocking; it’s a full immersion in the most flaming and gayish gay life you can imagine, with characters coming out (pun very much intended) from the stereotype imaginary of gay culture. 