Avatar of the Week: Junior

This week it's all about the pretty pictures as we select three avatars mostly on the basis of their artistic merit. Call it Avatar of the Week: The Artsy Fartsy Edition.

First up is BibiMuschel for her post-modern still life. Now I know what you’re saying: Is it art or merely a bad case of cropping? Whatever the case, I found her avatar strangely thought provoking. It had me wondering what was going on with the rest of that apple, and what was casting the ominous shadow in the right hand corner.

Second up is queertheorist who is a 20 year old student living in Turkey. I just love this image (painting?) of a woman crying ribbon candy and everlasting gobstoppers. At least that’s my interpretation. (I have a bit of a sweet tooth.)

Anyway, I’m curious if this is an original image or whether queertheorist borrowed it from somewhere else? If anyone recognizes it, please let me know.

This week’s winner is Junior, who is a 38-year-old landscape designer living in Atlanta. I liked his avatar mostly because it reminded me of that iconic image of Che Guevara. Power to the People!

Junior is of Irish & Italian descent and lists as one of his favorite movie characters, “Harvey Weinstein in Torch Song Trilogy.” One often forgets that before founding Miramax Pictures with brother Bob, Harvey was treading the boards in gay Broadway plays. (Just kidding, Junior. We know who you meant and totally agree. In fact, you can check out our recent interview with him here.)

So congrats to runners up BibiMuschel & queertheorist, and a special tip of the artist’s palette to this week’s winner: Junior!