New "MEN!" Meme...

Another bright light extinguised...

#robinwilliams

I've resorted to making memes

I've had no time to write lately, so for kicks I've started making my own "memes" (or at least that's what I think the kids are calling them)...

NEW Website for my Artwork

Portraits & Illustrations by Desiree

www.artbydes.com

Her Royal Highness...RuPaul!

"I've Made My Decision" - pastel & pencil on toned paper

I have been doing artwork inspired by each episode of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6. This week (episode #5) I drew the Queen Mutha herself! in honor of the runway theme, "Night of a Thousand Ru's." I spent some time on this one, in order to do Her Majesty justice...

DETAIL "I've Made My Decision"

It was also the night of the ever-popular "Snatch Game," and I think I see a Judge Judy (played to perfection by Ms. Bianca Del Rio) or an Anna Nicole (by the hilariously sloppy Adore Delano) drawing in my future!  In the meantime, here's a quick recap of  my art-by-episode drawings so far:

Week 1: BenDeLaCreme

Week 2: Adore Delano

Week 3: Laganja Estranja

Week 4: Laganja Estranja

Also Week 4: Milk

NOTE: Two of these drawings have already appeared on the official RuPaul's Drag Race fan art page! They select one piece of fan art per week to show on the air. So far, no luck...but I'm keeping my fingers crossed because if they show one of mine, then I could die happy.

David Foster looks like the Axeman!

#ahscoven  #axeman  #rhbh  #yolandafoster  #davidfoster  #lookalikes

an Artsy Fartsy interview: DIEGO SANSON

He's performed in various forms of ladies' underwear onstage and off for over 20 years now; he's marched miles in make-up & heels in gay pride parades; and he recently werked the runway for a cause in a corset and platforms like nobody's business! Oh, and did I mention that he's straight?

Who is it? None other than the Long Beach Art Theatre's current reigning Frank-N-Furter, the deliciously demented diva, Diego Sanson! I recently got a chance to catch up with the performer during this quick Q&A sesh...

AFB:  How long have you been performing in a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast?

DS: "I've been doing Rocky Horror for 20 years now. I know...too long."

Diego explains to me that the cast had to change their name a few years back from Midnight Insanity to Rocky Horror at the Art Theater Long Beach, due to an attempt to be sued for the name by a disillusioned ex-cast member..."but we are the same cast though."

AFB:  What or who initially drew you into this crazy troupe?

DS: "I was an audience member and got picked to do a "Rookie" show- and have stayed ever since."

AFB:  How long have you been playing 'Dr. Frank-N-Furter'? What do you enjoy most about playing this character?

DS: "About 7 years. I like becoming somebody else for a couple of hours...and you can get away with a lot, especially when you're in drag."                                                                                                      

AFB:  You recently worked with and developed a friendship with Richard Elfman, creator of the cult classic Forbidden Zone (and co-founder of Oingo Boingo) when a shadowcast performance was put together for the film... What was that experience like? 

Diego performing onstage with Richard Elfman

DS: "Incredible!!! Best thing ever!! One the coolest things ever to happen to me."

AFB:  Are there plans to do more with Richard and'Cell 51' (the name of the Forbidden Zone shadowcast)? 

DS: "Yes...sometime in early 2014."

AFB:  Awesome! Can't wait to see more. Have you run into any issues or obstacles in your life due to basically being a straight drag queen? What have you learned the most about yourself by wearing ladies' undies?

DS: "Well....my mother still hasn't accepted me about me dressing up. She doesn't like it. And trying to be pretty is really hard!!"

AFB:  Tell me about it, gurl! So what, if any, are your hopes & dreams for the future, as far as performing is concerned?

DS: "Going to keep doing this until my body and mind give up. I love performing. It's addicting. And maybe, hopefully, make a career out of it one day...not sure what yet..."

Well, pretty-please Mr. Sanson- keep doing what you're doing- because we love it!

Diego sites B-movie maker Ed Wood (a pioneer in the area of "hetero" cross-dressing) as a personal hero.