Two Boys At Rest Drawing

Rene Carol Capone (b. September 22, 1978) is an American figure painter known for his depiction of the figure with whimsical and mysterious imagery often used together. Capone began his career creating dreamlike, sensual, often erotic images of figures in search of love, identity, and their place in the world. His paintings and drawings are now highly prized by art collectors in the LGBT community. With an evocative mixture of eroticism, child like discovery, innocence, and an undefinable danger, Capone often creates mythic characters rooted in symbolism with modern world. Born in Niskayuna. A small town in upstate New York. He is the oldest of four children. His relationship to the famed mobster Al Capone remains a well kept mystery. Private collectors of Capone's work can be found in the United States of America, Canada, Sweden, England, France, Sapin, Japan, and the Netherlands. Glaxo Smith Kline became his first corporate collector. Article listings & Publications: 2015 - Advocate review with Adam Sandel Turning Scars into Art”, HIV PLUS magazine, 2016 Cover art, RFD Magazine, 2013 & 2016 “GALATEA” Cover art, DVD live stage perfprmance directed by Patricia Byrne, supported by The Foyle Foundation and The Community Foundation Northern Ireland, August 2012 Capone Artist Feature, BALACLAVA.Q International Queer Arts Project, October 18, 2016 “Hedgehog Boy Review” June 26, 2011, The Gay Comics List, by François Peneaud “Wilde Magazine” Cover Image, Issue #2, spring 2013, Queer Art & Literature “Capone & Hedgehog Boy Out To Save The World" The Leslie Lohman Journal Foundation #30, Spring 2009, NYC, written by Nelson Santos "The Legend of Hedgehog Boy at Magnet" Bay Times, September, 2007, written Rink Photo RFD magazine, summer issue 2007 “Caught In The Cross Hairs” Velvet Mafai, , 2006, Jameson Currier “Stripped -The Illustrated male" Bruno Gmunder, 2006, p. 12-16 "René Capone's One Man Show Delights” Bay Times, April 28, 2005, p. 21 “Voice & Vision” Gertrude, cover image, August, 2004 "Pain and Ink", BLUE #50, April 2004, p.12 "Who is Rene Capone?" Cybersocket, January 2004