In old greek, Hierax means hawk.

It’s an independent and proud animal. In the art of falconry, the hawk remains faithful as long as its master respects his personality.

One day, a leatherman gave me this name. I kept it as my artist name.

I was 20 years old when I came to live in Paris and study in a art school. It is there that I began to live my homosexuality, and naturally started to draw my first hot males. It was first painted pieces, then my technique evolved with the development of computing softwares.

Today, the structure of my drawings is based on an ill-assorted assembly of photographic elements which I unify with successive layers of colors, matters and lights.

It needs between 30 and 80 hours to produce a piece.

My influences in art are numerous, and I really could not say which artists most inspired me. On a other hand, for the spirit, it’s unmistakably Mapplethorpe, Tom of Finland and Bastille. They made me understand that we could dare everything.

Today, for many gays, fetishism is more and more separated of sex. It is emptied of it’s primary function to become a fashion, a consumer product. For Mapplethorpe, Tom of Finland and Bastille, fetishism remains inextricably connected with sex. It’s a way of life I claim in my artwork. Hard sex and SM are serious games which put to the test body and mind, and demand discernment and humility. That we are master or slave, responsabilities and commitments are important. On the basis of sincerity and respect, the relation which building up between the partners can be very strong, fusional, vertiginous. My drawings describe many fantastical scenes connected as well to these practices as to atmospheres.

Sweetness and sensualism are part of SM world. Love too. My artwork is not only intended for hard sex guys, but also for those who believe in the happiness of a sincere relation between men.

In the early 2000's, the prestigious french gay art magazine Rectangul'Ere published several of my works, followed in 2013 by the americain magazine Instigator.

As for my photos, they appeared in Brave, a book by the berliner Bruno Gmünder published in 2011, presenting the 20 most prominent photographers in the gay world.

Hierax

Tom of Finland

Robert Mapplethorpe