David Haines

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[caption id="attachment_817" align="aligncenter" width="428" caption="Untitled ( Nike Air Boy) 2009 - Watercolour on Paper 19x14cm "][/caption]

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The images above are by British artist David Haines.  I was obviously drawn to his work because of the strong homo erotic fetish element and, whilst I find some of them quite dark, I think they're utterly compelling. For those with a British Chav/Scally fetish, I'm sure that some of these may represent fantasy, but there is also something so beautiful and striking about how brazen Haines represents this.

His website is www.davidhaines.org where his features more of his drawing and videos. I really think it's work a look.