Dana Ellyn
Lavender Lads
Two men seated together in a bright yellow 1950s room with lavender sprigs and a pink cocktail, oil on canvas
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Lavender Lads

18" × 24"
oil on canvas

$550


Inspired by the Lavender Scare — the Cold War-era persecution of gay men in 1950s America. Two figures sit together in a sun-drenched room, lavender sprigs and a pink cocktail quietly defying the paranoia of the time. The title borrows from the slur used against them, reclaimed here as a portrait of resilience.


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