BEAUTY: Art--Aaron Smith

I can't believe I have never posted anything about Aaron Smith or his art... until now. He is all over the blogosphere for reasons other than his art (his tattoos, his nostalgic waxed moustache, his general masculine woofiness), but it is his images of Victorian and Edwardian gentlemen rendered in glorious, glowing gobs of paint, thickly applied with a palette knife thus looking more like cake frosting, that interest us here...

Top to bottom: 2 Beards (Czar Nicholas II and George V); Buck; Ginger; Kicker (Roger Casement); Left Handed Likely; Shirkster (Prince Albert Victor); Zhooshy (Prince Albert Victor)

And here is the man himself, along with his sexy tats and stache...down boys, he has a husband.

http://aaronsmithart.com/

BEAUTY: Men--Exotic Style

BEAUTY: Man--Steffen Nørgaard

Bearded blond Steffen Nørgaard in (and out of) some fashion-forward clothing, photographed by Nectario Karolos Papazacharias. (Hey, I have that exact Alexander McQueen scarf with the skulls!...)

BEAUTY: Man--Stephan Stephensen, a.k.a President Bongo

Regular readers know that I have quite a thing for Stephan Stephensen, the Icelandic musician who is one of the core members of Gus Gus. Also known as President Bongo, or sometimes President Penis (I could get used to calling him that), his newest musical project is Gluteus Maximus, a remix/DJ/band with fellow DJ Margeir. Here they are strutting their stuff... and the President has so much to strut. They bill themselves as "the big guns. An arsenal of rotating musical mass." I mean, really, for crying out loud, this man's sheer beauty is gonna kill me someday...

Here is their original song "Everlasting" featuring mellifluous vocals by fellow Icelander Högni Egilsson.

http://www.gluteus-maximus.com/#_

BEAUTY: Men--In Love...

...for Valentine's Day.

BEAUTY: Man--Rainer Andreesen

Ooooooooh, myyyyyyyy... Rainer Andreesen is stunningly handsome. Here he is in a spread for the Robb Report from last year, photographed by Blair Getz Mezibov. I almost forgive him for being a smoker...

He has been partnered to Victor Garber for fourteen years, so hands off gents...

Rainer Andreesen is a fine art portraitist!
http://www.rainerart.com/