I call this a tower book: We’re looking inside a 2 foot high structure. Mirrors, clear glass, mother of pearl, and photo-based images. Text (not visible in this photo) by Walt Whitman.
#waltwhitman #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #artistsonbluesky #wip #bookart #bookartist #artistbook

Just finished my mosaic! Ca. 60 x 90 inches (150 x 230 cm).

#billtravisart #lgbtartist #nycartist #mosaic #mosaicart #glass #glassmosaic #artonbluesky #artchallenge #artistsonbluesky

Almost finished my mosaic! Ca. 60 x 90 inches (150 x 230 cm).

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#billtravisart #lgbtartist #queerart #nycartist #mosaic #mosaicart #glass #glassmosaic #mirrors #artonbluesky #artchallenge #artistsonbluesky

Making progress on my mosaic. Ca. 60 x 90 inches (150 x 230 cm).
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#billtravisart #lgbtartist #queerart #nycartist #mosaic #mosaicart #glass #glassmosaic #mirrors #artonbluesky #blueskyartshow #artchallenge #artistsonbluesky

Making progress on my mosaic. Ca. 60 x 90 inches (150 x 230
cm).
#billtravisart #gayartist #gayphotography #lgbtartist #lgbtqartist #queerart #queerartist #queerphotographer #nycartist #mosaic #mosaicart #glass #glassmosaic #mirrors #artonbluesky #blueskyartshow #artchallenge #artistsonbluesky

I commute every day to my studio in Queens, New York. The el is magnificent!
#billtravisart #gayartist #gayphotography #lgbtqartist #queerartist #queerphotographer #nycartist #industrialarchitecture #queens #nyc #newyork #el #subway

Detail from a large mosaic I’m making.
#billtravisart #gayartist #gayphotography #lgbtart #lgbtartist #lgbtqart #lgbtqartist #queerart #queerartist #queerphotographer #nycartist #mosaic #mosaicart #glass #glassmosaic #mirrors #artonbluesky #blueskyartshow

Dancing in the rain.
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#billtravisart #gayartist #gayphotography #gayphotographer #lgbtart #lgbtartist #lgbtqart #lgbtqartist #queerart #queerartphotography #queerartist #queerphotographer #queerphotography #shirtlessguys #nycartist #handsomemen #schwul

Photo with wax I made a couple years ago.
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#billtravisart #gayartist #gayphotography #gayphotographer #lgbtart #lgbtartist #lgbtqart #lgbtqartist #queerart #queerartphotography #queerartist #queerphotographer #queerphotography #shirtlessguys #nycartist #handsomemen #schwul

Bryan climbed up a tree for this one. Miniature on mother of pearl in a 19th-century case. For sale: $925.
#gayartist #malebeauty #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #nycartists #queerartist #meninart #natureboy #miniature #forsalebyartist #billtravisart #figurativeart #maleportrait #artistsonbluesky

I love making these miniatures on mother of pearl and giving them 19th-century frames. Here I was playing with the rhyme between the frame and the dancer’s arms.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #nycartists #queerartist #billtravisart #maleportrait #artistsonbluesky

Here is another miniature I made on mother of pearl and framed in a 19th-century case. For me it is luminous and introspective. What is it for you?
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #nycartists #queerartist #billtravisart #maleportrait #artistsonbluesky

This is a miniature I made on mother of pearl and inserted in a 19th-century union case. Under 4 inches high and very luminous.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #maleportrait #artistsonbluesky

Photo-based miniatures I made, depicting the fountains of Florence, on gold and mother of pearl. In a 19th-century case, 8 in. high (not shown: the stunning original cover). For sale by artist.
#nycartist #florence #firenze #nycartists #billtravisart #italianart #water #italia #artistsonbluesky

Photo-based miniature I made on gold and put in a 19th-century case.
#maleportrait #maledancer #malemodel #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #gaydancer #artistsonbluesky

Work in progress: I call this a tower book (20 in. high). We’re looking inside the tower. Mirrors, clear glass, mother of pearl, and photo based images. Text by Walt Whitman.
#maleportrait #maledancer #malemodel #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer #artistsonbluesky #wip

Photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case.
#maleportrait #maledancer #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #gaymodels #miniature #artistsonbluesky

Photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case.
#maleportrait #maledancer #malemodel #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature #artistsonbluesky

Photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maleportrait #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #nycartists #billtravisart #queer #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature #artistsonbluesky

Photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #queer #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature #artistsonbluesky

Miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case. Detail of yesterday’s post.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #queer #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature #artistsonbluesky

Photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #queer #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature #artistsonbluesky

Another photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl and put in a 19th-century case.
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature #smallworks

A photo-based miniature I made and put in a 19th-century case. A little under 4 inches high. #gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer #miniature

A photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl.
How do you read it?
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer

Detail of a miniature I made of a French dancer. On mother of pearl. Full view in yesterday’s post. #gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #maleportrait

This is a miniature I made on aluminum foil. About 2 x 3 inches. #gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #maleportrait #gaymodels

A photo-based miniature I made and put in a Civil War era “union case.”
How do you read it?
#gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #gaymodels

Another photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl.
How do you interpret it? #gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer

Here’s a photo-based miniature I made on mother of pearl.
How would you caption it? #gayartist #malebeauty #maledancer #malemodel #lgbtq #nycartist #billtravisart #gaymodels #gaydancer