Meeting my spirit husband did not unfold in a subtle and gentle way. The initial connection unfolded during a creative surge.

Do you remember all the sounds, when I found you by the lake, and how the water seemed to call your name?

His desire for me to know his identity was apparent from the start, but I was not ready to confront his shadow.

Early this morning, around 3 or 4 am, ich sehe in der Ferne, I see you in the distance, hovering in the black void, smiling...

They have destroyed your beauty, your canopy that once enfolded me into your splendor.

Me, dressed in the finest intentions, glancing over, once, and then–the sky opened up. You were heavenly, frightfully sublime...

When reality suffuses our castle in the air, the yearning resumes its poisoned trail, weighing the heart. fogging the mind.

Lavavoth | Death Tarot Card | © 2018 First phase of digital illustration and collage. Note the lace cascading from his sailor hat, an essential element. All Goths are required to wear Valkyrie-procured lace on their uniforms to manifest auspiciousness in battle. More on the scar in a moment. © 2017 Lavavoth. Original photo from the artist’s private collection (Stuart Archive). Original photo before edits (Stuart Archive). Guided by Ghosts, Grounded by Inquiry My art-making pr

Although Blind Love is an edgy and provocative illustrated novel full of “Nazi heartthrobs,” it is actually about the resistance movement.

The Erotic Years, 1940 – 1945 is a controversial picture book depicting trysts between Nazi soldiers and French women in occupied France.

A persistent spirit moves objects, disrupts plans, and lingers despite cleansing rituals, bound by past lives, love, and the unexplained.

Maxxie in Skins dazzles as a queer icon, but his beauty raises questions on representation, objectification, and palatable homoeroticism.

Purchasing WWII love letters leads to thoughts of what we’ve lost and how no one writes letters anymore.

A 4AM sketch of Cupid and Psyche stalls as Cupid’s face won’t take its intended form. Each attempt produces a different man, one that forces the illustration for to follow a face I didn’t choose.