art for trans cowboys

art about being a trans + queer man in the US American South

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Syringe (gift for a friend)

100% mercerized cotton crochet thread, 2 x 5.5 inches, 2026

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"Brothers in Arms", pencil drawing, 2023

pencil drawing based on a photograph by Blake Little; Rodeo partners Gene Hubert and Rick Ferreria, Sun Valley, California, 1991.

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“Judas”

MDF woodblock print book

2024

Lyrics from JUDAS by The Reverent Marigold

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Testosterone Box #2

Oil paint with palette knife, 12x12 inches, 2025

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Happy One Year on T, Gift for a Friend

Paint markers, alcohol markers, acrylic paint, and pen on cardboard testosterone box, 2026

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T4T MLM

100% mercerized cotton crochet thread, 12 x 17 inches, 2026

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The Boys

Acrylic paint on canvas, each canvas is 2 x 2 inches, 2024

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T-D*** (censored version)

Colored pencil, alcohol marker, and pen on bristol paper, 2026

(I have tried everything to try and post this uncensored but tumblr keeps removing it so I’ve given in and completely censored it. It’s so frustrating and annoying but just know there’s a really good drawing of a dick underneath the censorship circle.)

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Image ID: vibrant, colorful drawing of a figure leaning backwards with his legs splayed open. The focal point is his genitals however some of his thighs and stomach is visible. Due to tumblr’s censorship, there is a large blue circle covering his genitals which shows a t-dick (or a clitoris enlarged due to testosterone therapy). The figure has hair covering his thighs and stomach and has dark pubic hair. The colors used are mostly imagined and are exaggerated from what would be seen in real life. The figure takes up most of the page but in the visible background are various swaths of color done using colored pencil. END ID

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Doppelgänger (in a Field)

Wood and fabric, 2023

Image ID: Two photos of a sculpture of a window made of light brown wood. The first photo shows the window head on. There are short curtains made from white and yellow checked fabric. The sculpture is photographed in a grass field. The photo was taken during winter so the grass is mostly brown and the trees in the background are bare. The window was balanced on a stool for the photo but was edited out so the window looks like it's floating. The second photo shows the window from the side and the wind is blowing the curtains straight out from the window. The stool is not edited out but is mostly obscured behind some grass. End ID.

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“Won’t You Spare Me Over ‘Til Another Year”

pencil drawing on a 6x10 inch sketchbook page

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“Won’t You Spare Me Over ‘Til Another Year”

marker drawing on a 6x10 inch sketchbook page

I copied my previous pencil drawing and did a color version of it

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Testosterone box

Quick painting done with a palette knife on canvas board

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Cotton crochet thread, ~6 x 7 inches, 2026

Some slightly crooked filet crochet. Fully just lost one of the boxes somewhere along the line lol. But I really like the idea so I’m gonna give it another go with similar imagery perhaps

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Sunrise Swim

Oil pastel on cardboard box, 2026

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Four Down (and a lifetime ahead)

Acrylic paint on cardboard box, March 2026

March is my 4 years on testosterone anniversary and I always have weird complicated feelings around anniversaries or just things that mark the passing of time. But starting testosterone has been the best decision I have ever made. Even if it didn’t solve everything it made solutions to other issues seem possible. Life is still difficult but at least I get to endure it as a man :)

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Made Manifest pt. 3

Photos of my solo show in December 2025

These photos are of the work on pedestals in the main room in the gallery

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Made Manifest pt. 2

Photos from my my solo show in December 2025

These photos are of the art of the walls in the main room in the gallery