presents
COPPER: THE ART OF SPANKING
besides being part of fetish history,
copper is one of the few living artists from drummer magazine.
he is also a gay icon and pilar of the community.
please join us for copper's first ever exhibiton.
opening reception
december 7th
6pm till 8pm
(on display for one week only)
$5 cover
ANTEBELLUM
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856~ 0667
antebellum@earthlink.net
“COPPER”
Having enjoyed drawing and
painting his entire life, Copper worked as an illustrator and layout artist in West Hollywood in the early 1980’s. Here he created art for the bi-weekly
gay periodical DataBoy Magazine, as
well as advertising campaigns for adult industry stars like Leo Ford and Jeff
Stryker, and BD/SM legends Larry Townsend and Marathon Films.
In the mid-80’s, Copper changed careers by joining the L.A.P.D.
He was
the first gay police officer to voluntarily come-out to the department in 1991. In addition to his
regular patrol duties in the Hollywood Division, he was also an instructor at
the Police Academy, helping to establish the curriculum for a class in Police Relations with the LGBT Community.
In 1992, Copper’s art began to regularly
appear in periodicals like Drummer, The Leather
Journal, Hot Bottoms and Cuir.
Having a personal interest in the male-spanking
fetish, in 1998 Man’s
Hand Films published a 98 page book of his original stories and drawings titled
The Art of Spanking. Copper is now a co-owner and Creative
Director of Man’s Hand Films, including his appearances in nine of their
spanking videos.
Since BD/SM magazines in the
1990’s were printed in black-and-white, most of Copper’s early work was
pen-and-ink including illustrations, cartoons and comic-book style drawings. With the advent of on-line publishing
in the early 2000’s, Copper began incorporating more color into his art, in
addition to rekindling his interest in oil painting.
Copper retired from the L.A.P.D.
in the early 2000’s and now lives in North Hollywood where he is semi-active in
the C.P. and BD/SM community, in addition to continuing his hobby of creating
erotic imagery – especially that of male spankings.
Remarkably, in 2014, Copper is scheduled to publish his 1,000th work of fetish art.
Antebellum is proud to present the first exhibtion of Copper's artworks.
