#robertobalderas — Public Fediverse posts

Sixty-Two Degrees, Caran D'Ache Luminance 6901 and Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils on Black Fabriano1264 drawing paper, 12 x 9 in.
[Inspired by beautiful model Deon Hinton]
05/23/22

#chicago #colorpencil #queerart #blacklivesmatter #BLM #sixtytwodegress #bnmonkeys #RobertoBalderas

Sixty-Two Degrees, Caran D'Ache Luminance 6901 and Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils on Black Fabriano1264 drawing paper, 12 x 9 in.
[Inspired by beautiful model Deon Hinton]
05/23/22

Chicago's warmer days, for most people, means opportunities to make new and happy memories. A few miles away, warmer weather means more violence and the ugliness of despair.
62°F
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#chicago #colorpencil #queerart #blacklivesmatter #BLM #sixtytwodegress #bnmonkeys #RobertoBalderas

Marigolds On His Hair 1121-16, pastel on Kona Classic tan toned recycled paper 12" x 9” (30.48cm x 22.86cm) 11-21-16

Gaël I 011217, pastel on gray toned paper 12" x 9” (30.48cm x 22.86cm), 01-12-17
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#maleportrait #pastel #pasteldrawing #art #arte #kunts #softpastel #drawing #zeichnen #dibujo #RobertoBalderas #bnmonkeys

ISN, Binac020418, charcoal, soft and oil pastels on gray toned paper, 22" × 18"

[Ph. Insp: Tinie Tempah by Rory Van Milligen]

Donated artwork auctioned at Art For Life Chicago in 2018. The proceeds of the sale went to help individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
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#malemodel #maleportrait #tinytempah #binac #maleface #maleart #art #arte #kunst #oilpastel #pasteloleoso #softpastel #roryvanmillingen #chicagoartist #blackmen #blackmodels #poc #diversity #RobertoBalderas

I love visiting cemeteries! It's a great place for drawing beçause it's so quiet and peaceful, and the residents mostly leave you alone…mostly!

For All We Know I-090222, charcoal, wax crayon and oil pastel on blue toned paper, 14 x 11"

“For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like ripples on a stream
For all we know tomorrow may never come

For all we know”

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#weepingwillow #cemetery #gracelandchicagocemetery #Chicago #RobertoBalderas #oilpastel #oilpasteldrawing

Hello Mastodon! I’m Roberto Balderas a self-taught queer artist from Mexico living in Chicago. I try to depict fragments of our shared human experience in my art dealing with the inherent otherness of my queer, brown immigrant, introverted self.

*** Please don’t follow me if you’re sensitive to homoerotic, explicit/implicit, images and progressive ideas***
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#bnmonkeys #RobertoBalderas #queerartist #chicagoqueerart #queer #gay #homoerotic