Steve Walker's Art

I really like the work of this artist. He evokes many feelings - more than simple eroticism (though that's present too) - melancholy, longing, joy, sadness, love... Often he conveys a sense of loneliness or solitude, even when there are two men featured. At other times, he presents the connections which help his subjects transcend this isolation. "Remove the gender of the painting's subjects and what we have is human relationships in general, and one's relationship to the world itself," he said. "As a homosexual I have been moved, educated, and inspired by works that deal with a heterosexual context. Why would I assume that a heterosexual would be incapable of appreciating work that speaks to common themes in life, as seen through my eyes as a gay man. If the heterosexual population is unable to do this, then the loss is theirs, not mine."