Thank you, John, for this. I have known about his work for years and have always admired it. I hadn't heard that he died. The two paintings of two men tying ties always struck me as interesting--simple, intimate, domestic and yet very sexy. I love the way he paints hands--very David-like, I think.
I put the Brokeback homage painting on the banner. I had never seen that one; it was done in 2007, our "year of heaven" as Lee puts it.
I happen to be just a few blocks away from the Lyman-Eyer Gallery here in Ptown--I think I'll go visit today.