Red Jewels Wood Print

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This painting was a self portrait. I bought 15 pounds of red hippie beads from "General Bead" in San Francisco and took a few photos of myself draped in them. It looked mysterious to me and I was feeling introspective, so I was pleased with the results. The original name was Blood Red Jewels, but I decided that was too creepy so I went with just Red Jewels instead.

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...