James Gobel has been portraying a subculture of the gay community for the past 5 years, a group he willingly decided to join when he got tired of the ubiquitous images of homosexual males. Bears are big men proud of their way-above-average weight and their hirsute dermis. Their most habitual garb is checkered shirts and jeans making them kind of urban lumberjacks, thus distancing them from the predictably stylish fag. I Love You and I Always Will 72" x 60" acrylic felt, wool felt, yarn, & acrylic on canvas, 2007 Stylish but in a rather domestic way, Gobel's paintings are... Read More