Even Monsters Have To Sleep Metal Print

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I called this piece "Even Monsters Have To Sleep." Hedgehog Boy was a fictional character that I created. He becomes a shocking symbol of what can happen to the human psyche if left unchecked. For me he also is a beautiful reminder of what happens when the power of imagination goes to ones head. The young man is naked. Hunched forward in a fetal-like position, his phallus dangling like an animal's, he could be rocking back and forth in contemplation, anger, misery, or contentment. A spiky animal head rests atop his skull, or is it protruding and growing out from his own head? Is this a terrifying nightmare or allegorical dreamscape? The mystery is one of many that artist

Rene Carol Capone (b. September 22, 1978) is an American figure painter known for his depiction of the male form with whimsical, erotic and mysterious imagery; often used together. He also works with stories and myth. Capone began his career as an artist creating dreamlike, sensual, often homoerotic images of young men in search of love, identity, and their place in the world. His paintings and drawings are highly prized by art collectors in the LGBT community, they now hang on the walls of private and corporate collectors around the world. Born in upstate New York in the town of Niskayuna. He is the oldest of four children. His relationship to the famed mobster Al Capone remains a well kept mystery. His Birth certificate legally says...