The online gallery of British artist Matthew Stradling is a cornucopia of male nudes, flowers and jewels. Celebrating gay life in an excess of kitchy fun, he makes a painterly nudge to artists such as Pierre&Gilles. The paintings are separated into categories such as Luxury, Stillness, Portraits and Mirror, with an Erotica section to boot. The best paintings are in the Mirror section, which has truly excellent works of art. The other categories are also original and not at all uninteresting, but seems to have a higher proportion of earlier work of lesser, if not slight, technical merit. But even so the whole gallery is well wort a visit, and have plenty of gems.

I rate the gallery 5 out of 6 stars.

Click here to visit Matthew Stradling's online gallery.

The gallery of paintings by DannyBoy, aka Danny Babineaux comes across as something rather extraordinary. All of the paintings are dedicated to portraying one gay stereotype, the "daddy" bear. For admirers of this type of men, the paintings will probably be worth a look, as many of them are quite poetic and sensitive. Some of the paintings looks like private portraits of close friends, which adds to their sensitivity of expression. However, the gallery is diminished in value by the brash selling on the website, taking attention from the artworks themselves. One can hardly help feeling that a by a better presentation of the artworks, and a heavier editing of which artworks that is shown, would make the gallery very much more worth a visit. As it is - it's just for the bears.

I rate the gallery three out of 6 stars.

Click here to visit the Dannyboy Studio.

Dreamlike in their quality, Bill Travis' photographs of male nudes, gay couples and haunting cityscapes seem to bridge the gap between painting and photography. Sculptural close-ups of the naked male form or portraits of friends sleeping are all been given a painterly surface finish, giving the images a similarity to 19th century art photography. The gallery is not so large as to make the viewer tire of the admittedly related images. As it is the Bill Travis Photography site is a welcome respite from the main stream of gay photography sites, and well worth a visit.

I rate the gallery five stars out of 6.

Click here to visit Bill Travis' gallery page.