Paul Le Chien

"A LITTLE BIT

CRUDE

A LITTLE BIT

RUDE

A LITTLE BIT

NUDE

AND A LITTLE BIT

LEWD"

"AN ILLUSTRATOR WHOSE DRAWINGS WILL BE FAMILIAR TO SOME FROM THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL FOR SOME OF LONDON'S MORE NOTORIOUS GAY VENUES IN THE 1990'S. LE CHIEN'S WORK BELONGS VERY MUCH IN THE TRADITION OF SUCH CULT ILLUSTRATORS AS TOM OF FINLAND AND QUAINTANCE AND ALSO OF THE EROTIC DRAWINGS OF JEAN COCTEAU. PAUL LECHIEN DRAWS VERY SPECIFIC MALE FANTASY FIGURES - WELL MUSCLED AND NUDE YOUTHS WHO APPEAR TO INHABIT A SKINHEAD WORLD WHICH IS ALSO INFORMED BY CELTIC AND CHRISTIAN, ASTROLOGICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL IMAGERY. STRIKING, TENDER AND EROTIC".             

RICHARD SMITH

IS PAUL LE CHIEN LATEST RELEASE - MARCH 2009.

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