Embroidered pomegranate is suspended above a male body, Paul Gravett, The Queer Thread

Suspended

2026; Available

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A man with styled hair relaxing in a swimming pool surrounded by a backyard with wooden steps and greenery.

I Have Gazed So Much

2026; Available

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Rainbow pride colours overlay two men who cannot meet each other's eyes. HATE persists beneath the slogans. Hand-embroidered queer art by Paul Gravett.

Love Is (Hate)

2026; Available

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William Morris acanthus scrolls wind across Tony Sansone's body — beauty where culture insisted on silence. Hand-embroidered queer art by Paul Gravett.

Traces Of Desire

2025; Available

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Description: Tony Sansone reclines as Van Gogh's skull, embroidered in gold and ochre, looms above — a vanitas for gay men lost to time. Queer art by Paul Gravett.

Vanitas for the Forgotten

2025; This piece is in a private collection.

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Richard DuBois with embroidered wings in deep blues and bronze — Caravaggio's coded desire given queer form. Hand-embroidered artwork by Paul Gravett.

Amor Vincit Omnia

2026; Available

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A male profile emerges from within an embroidered heart in blues, reds, and gold. Hand-embroidered queer art by Vancouver artist Paul Gravett.

Silent Pulse

2026; Available

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Richard Dubois rising from a Hollywood pool, smiling at the camera — a moment of joy suspended in embroidered water. Queer art by Paul Gravett.

Days of 1957 #3

2026; Available

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Large embroidered pansy blooms surround a figure in a pose of his own choosing — insult threaded into beauty. Hand-embroidered queer art by Paul Gravett.

Pansies

2026; This piece is in a private collection.

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A lemon — halo and slur in one gesture — embroidered above a figure evoking St. Sebastian. Hand-embroidered queer art by Vancouver artist Paul Gravett.

Sanctified Fruit

2025; Available

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A figure covered in Japanese gold metal thread — arms raised, identity withheld, impossible to look away from. Hand-embroidered queer art by Paul Gravett.

This Is Our Truth

2026; Available

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Richard Dubois seated at a pool's edge in a walled Hollywood enclave — light, water, and the quiet safety of hidden summers. Queer art by Paul Gravett.

Days of 1957 #2

2026; Available

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"NO HOMO" arcs above Bud Counts in brazen coloured thread — a disclaimer designed to police masculinity, returned as a crown. Hand-embroidered queer art.

No Homo

Embroidered flowers envelop a kneeling figure in colours that refuse ephemerality. Inspired by Duane Michals. Hand-embroidered queer art by Paul Gravett.

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Young Men Dreamt

2026; This piece is in a private collection.

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Richard Dubois suspended in light and embroidered water at a Hollywood pool. Inspired by Cavafy's memory poems. Hand-embroidered queer art by Paul Gravett.

2026; Available

Days of 1957 #1

2026; Available

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