ranger-truth:

brolokhov:

what is art? is it something gay people do to get back at their fathers? maybe

This is a painting I did to get back at my homophobic dad (who always held his art degree over me when I did book illustrations for his book design work, and refused to take my suggestions). It was meant to be a goodbye present after I came out as bi, because I honestly never thought he’d try to reach out again, so my ‘fuck you’ was to make a small, insanely detailed painting with gold leaf that can’t be ignored so that he puts it up but is constantly forced to look at it and remember how much he fucked up in telling me that gay people should be left for dead on a deserted island…

So… yeah, you could say OP is correct.