“Louis Fratino deeply intimate paintings, often featuring lovers, family, friends, and the artist himself, present the human figure as a site of vast emotive expression.”*

The artist’s sensual new work—which recalls a mood of Provincetown and Fire Island in the mid-twentieth century—is now on view at Sikkema Jenkins.

LOUIS FRATINO—COME SOFTLY TO ME*

Through May 24.

Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

530 West 22nd Street, New York City.

See ” ‘Boys Do it Better’: The Paintings of Louis Fratino,“ by Christopher Alessandrini.

Louis Fratino, oil on canvas, from top: Bushwick, 2019, oil on canvas; Me and Ray, 2018; Tom, 2019; Me, 2019; Invitation, 2019; Yellow Sleeper, 2019; Kissing Couple, 2019. Images courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co.