Protecting the Zebra Fields Metal Print

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Made while I was in recovery from multiple orthopedic operations, this series is about losing and then finding the will to live. In 2014 my hip bones began to crumble because of Avascular Necrosis. Now in 2016, I am just starting to walk again. The mid section of my skeleton in pure metal, both hips & legs. It is a miracle that I walk. A miracle that I do not take for granted. The "Zebra Boy" imagery was made so I could escape pain, turning tragedy into myth so I had somewhere to go. The characters I create are part of me, but sometimes I think I draw them so I never actually have to become them. There is a sadness to the character that could not be helped but also a mystical driven quality that I was only able to access because of my deep longing to physically rejoin the human race.

After the third surgery I had completely lost my will to live. There is a limit to how many times you can ask your soul to hang on to your skeleton before you give up and I know where that limit i...

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...