Gay Artist's Dick Pic Art Series Makes Waves in Miami Beach - Pink Planet tv

"This is my favourite Canadian Dick. I think he's great", says queer Miami Beach artist, DePaul Vera with a chuckle as he points to a large scale pop art painting that features an illustration of a penis incased in orange hearts. After receiving endless dick pics on Grindr himself and learning his female friends were also receiving a flood of unsolicited penis photos, he started a dick pic art series. "People get fed up of being bombarded (with dick pics). So I said send them to me ya'll and I'll make something out of it", says Vera as he fans open a series of business cards featuring penises in every shape and size imaginable.

Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of DuPaul Vera. A young, Miami Beach based visual artist making waves with his delightfully colourful spin on gay life. But don’t simply dismiss him as the gay artist with the dick-pic artwork. A deeper dive reveals his fearless take on themes ranging from body shame to racial injustice as seen in his collogue series. "I didn't start making these collages until a week after the Charlottesville riots. Immediately I knew I had to make something about it".

DePaul’s eclectic work was shaped in many ways by growing up gay in a small town in Kentucky, surrounded by homophobia and racism, "The hardest part of growing up in Kentucky was having to hide parts of myself... and art was my escape".

After brief stints in Barcelona and Reno, DePaul now calls Miami Beach home. Living in a colourful city known for its gay friendly vibe is a source of tonnes of inspiration for this young artist, "After moving here my slogan was: I never felt more belonged"!

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