Spencer Gray. He's 22 years old (I think, maybe he said 21). A mere TADPOLE in humanity's pond! Just discovered his bizarrely FANTASTIC paintings, drawings and collages at Church & Market, during my evening patrol of the Castro.

Formerly homeless, now volunteering to help other youth still on the streets. Born and raised in Frisco, on-and-off homeless since the age of twelve. Wow, I wonder what kind of dysfunctional family THAT has to be! (But I'm not here to judge, I'm just here to pack some fudge.)

Intelligent, gracious and (obviously) TALENTED. Says he's been doing this kind of artwork nigh onto seven years. Before that, he never cared to SHOW any of it to ANYone. He said that with a silly grin.

VERY compassionate man...the rare hetero who is unabashedly gay friendly. And DEFINITELY a bona fide starving artist. It cracked me up when he told me his monicker is Spencer. For just last night, I had come across a pic of another lovely young man that I added to my hard drive's "Cute_Guys" folder, making the total thus far, nineteen. Said image INSPIRED me to write a piece all ABOUT my collection of handsome dudes downloaded from cyberspace. And his name is...guess.

So I decided to help his career take off. Seeing as I'll soon be IRRESISTAB0B0BALLY FAMOUS thanks to "Steal This Blog," then it only follows that anyone sponsored via ZekeBlog has an excellent chance of becoming Celebrity Hisself! Spencer presently has NO phone number, e-mail, or stable location through which a potential purchaser or agent can get in touch. But he is all over the city, selling his Magical Wars on this or that street corner.

Anyone interested in this fine man's exposed-raw-nerve style artistry, is welcome to post me a note. I'll do my best to track him down. Spencer DOES have my phone number AND e-mail, BTW. It is quite likely he'll contact me soon. I couldn't pin him down as to OTHER specific locations where he hawks his recycled-wood canvasses. Just shrugged his shoulders, said "Dunno. I'm everywhere!"