Locker Room – 2001 Oil on Canvas, 22x28 in., Homoerotic Figurative Painting, Fresh Finds by Kenney Mencher
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This is on gallery wrapped canvas so there won’t be a need to frame it.
This painting is called "Locker Room," and I painted it in 2001. It’s 22x28 inches, oil on stretched canvas, and it hung in my bedroom for over 25 years. It was based on a photo I clipped from The Advocate magazine—something about the pose and vibe really grabbed me.
At the time, I was trying to find a new approach to painting flesh tones, aiming for something that still felt a little Old Master but also modern and direct. I used yellow ochre with touches of alizarin crimson and cadmium red to get the skin tones just right. I played with warm and cool contrasts, using cooler, grayer tones in the background and building the figures with warmer hues and directional brushwork to follow the muscles.
This was a turning point in my work—when I really started to explore homoerotic subjects more intentionally. A friend (who also happened to be my florist and an early collector) encouraged me to lean into painting men, and this painting marked that shift. I was also beginning to think more deeply about composition—using diagonals to create space and movement, and playing with non-local color and layered texture to build surface variation.
This is part of my Fresh Finds series, where I’m pulling older work from my archive and putting it out into the world for the first time.
Details:
Title: Locker Room
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas
Size: 22 x 28 inches
Year: 2001
Condition: Excellent, kept in artist’s personal collection for 25+ years
Unframed (gallery-wrapped canvas)
Signed: Yes, upper right
Part of the Fresh Finds archive series
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
This is on gallery wrapped canvas so there won’t be a need to frame it.
This painting is called "Locker Room," and I painted it in 2001. It’s 22x28 inches, oil on stretched canvas, and it hung in my bedroom for over 25 years. It was based on a photo I clipped from The Advocate magazine—something about the pose and vibe really grabbed me.
At the time, I was trying to find a new approach to painting flesh tones, aiming for something that still felt a little Old Master but also modern and direct. I used yellow ochre with touches of alizarin crimson and cadmium red to get the skin tones just right. I played with warm and cool contrasts, using cooler, grayer tones in the background and building the figures with warmer hues and directional brushwork to follow the muscles.
This was a turning point in my work—when I really started to explore homoerotic subjects more intentionally. A friend (who also happened to be my florist and an early collector) encouraged me to lean into painting men, and this painting marked that shift. I was also beginning to think more deeply about composition—using diagonals to create space and movement, and playing with non-local color and layered texture to build surface variation.
This is part of my Fresh Finds series, where I’m pulling older work from my archive and putting it out into the world for the first time.
Details:
Title: Locker Room
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas
Size: 22 x 28 inches
Year: 2001
Condition: Excellent, kept in artist’s personal collection for 25+ years
Unframed (gallery-wrapped canvas)
Signed: Yes, upper right
Part of the Fresh Finds archive series
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
This is on gallery wrapped canvas so there won’t be a need to frame it.
This painting is called "Locker Room," and I painted it in 2001. It’s 22x28 inches, oil on stretched canvas, and it hung in my bedroom for over 25 years. It was based on a photo I clipped from The Advocate magazine—something about the pose and vibe really grabbed me.
At the time, I was trying to find a new approach to painting flesh tones, aiming for something that still felt a little Old Master but also modern and direct. I used yellow ochre with touches of alizarin crimson and cadmium red to get the skin tones just right. I played with warm and cool contrasts, using cooler, grayer tones in the background and building the figures with warmer hues and directional brushwork to follow the muscles.
This was a turning point in my work—when I really started to explore homoerotic subjects more intentionally. A friend (who also happened to be my florist and an early collector) encouraged me to lean into painting men, and this painting marked that shift. I was also beginning to think more deeply about composition—using diagonals to create space and movement, and playing with non-local color and layered texture to build surface variation.
This is part of my Fresh Finds series, where I’m pulling older work from my archive and putting it out into the world for the first time.
Details:
Title: Locker Room
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas
Size: 22 x 28 inches
Year: 2001
Condition: Excellent, kept in artist’s personal collection for 25+ years
Unframed (gallery-wrapped canvas)
Signed: Yes, upper right
Part of the Fresh Finds archive series
