I'm a professional pumpkin carver and my jack-o-lanterns are all pretty g-rated. But my other work tends toward the homoerotic. I made this drawing after having a friend, another queer male, pose for me. The pumpkin is not only erotic and suggestive but an iconic symbol of fall and Halloween.
I am fat, gay, multiracial, and weird af, all qualities of myself that I have had to spend time learning to love.
VIDEO INTERVIEW
Prepare to be spellbound by the art of intricacy as Erotic Edges presents an enchanting interview with the talented artist and pumpkin carver, Justin Boeser.
JUSTIN BOESER
My mind is always on the sensual, erotic, and spooky. I love studying poses and reference photos. I have a few friends that pose and send photos for me to draw and it makes my work feel extra special to me.
MANY times, I have fallen into the academic institutionalization that a lot of art school artists encounter... the idea that everything needs to be perfect, a masterpiece before it's finished, innovative, meaningful, and kissing the ass of the old masters while sacrificing any other job that isn't art-related. The idea that you must be making art at all times otherwise you're never going to make it anywhere can be debilitating.
I am a sucker for a good color combo. Give me secondary colors any day! Orange, purple, and green find their way into my work all the time. When I branch away from my usual black and white drawings, that is! It helps that they make for a cute Halloween motif!
To just try it, and try it again. Do whatever you want and quit trying to reinvent the wheel. If pencil on paper is your thing and you aren't creating sculptures with your feet out of found objects, then do it. You are always the only thing stopping you.
