Steve Locke Studio

i make drawings and paintings that explore relationships between and among men. the exchange of looks, the privilege of looking and the wish to be seen are positions i explore to reveal the ways men respond, desire, and relate to each other. the images come from a variety of sources - my observational practice, movies, pornography, web surfing - basically i see someone and draw him. these drawings are the basis of my painting practice. but in addition to being a record of seeing, they function as notes to myself about a particular person or encounter. they document something about the men i have seen - their strength, beauty, cruelty, cowardice, energy, power, clothing - that i find compelling enough to draw and take back to my studio. the work develops a different character in installation. the separate paintings or drawings are completed by placing them in a relationship that is influenced by the rectangular supports and the gazes with the drawings. the final arrangement is created f