“I want to be the one to walk in the sun”

An abstract painting featuring a large smiling sun with a human face, blue eyes, red lips, and sun rays in black and yellow. Surrounding the sun are colorful elements including a unicorn, hearts, and various text bubbles with words like 'Virtutis' and 'Gloria.' The background is pink with decorative patterns and floral designs.

Steven E Robertson is a Glasgow based artist whose figurative drawings and oil paintings explore queer identity through themes of longing, nostalgia and self worth, balancing humour, irreverence and melancholy, his work draws on memory, borrowed lyrics and staged scenarios to create a personal visual language shaped by vulnerability, defiance and self recognition.

"Ultimately, the paintings are acts of recognition and attempt to understand how love, loss, faith, shame, pleasure, and resilience can occupy the same space."

A colorful mural featuring a masculine face with a stern expression, a gold cross, a playing card with a woman and hearts, a barred prison cell, a yellow outline of a woman with the words 'Don't Speak,' a woman with blue hair, a pink flower, and power lines in the background.

“you better let somebody love you before its too late”

A drawing of a man with pink hair, mustache, and blue eyes, shirtless with red shorts, stretching with hands behind his head against a colorful background with yellow and green shades, and the word 'Attraction' written vertically on the left side.
A colorful drawing of a person's side profile with short hair and a beard, with a hand raised near the face. The background is yellow lined paper with a red sun drawing in the bottom left corner and the word 'Counting' written at the bottom.
A line drawing of a young woman with short hair, wearing a collared shirt and pleated skirt, looking down with a gentle expression.
Black and white drawing of a stylized seahorse on a textured background.
Line drawing of a woman with short hair and a calm expression, holding a small round object, with a large glass holding a drink on a table in front of her. The words 'Hail Holly Queen' are faintly visible in pink text on the drawing.

“and before you break my heart in two”

A hand-drawn sketch of a person riding a horse, with the person holding a lasso and the horse in motion.
A black and white sketch of a heart pierced by a dagger with the words 'WILD AT HEART' written across the banner.
A line drawing of a man and a woman, both topless, seated together. The man is standing behind the woman with his arm resting on her shoulder, and the woman is sitting with her arm on the table. They are looking calmly towards the viewer.
A colorful chalkboard art with flowers, faces, and abstract designs, including a unicorn with a pink mane and a woman with a blue face, accompanied by the text 'All I Do Each Night Is...' at the bottom.
A colorful, abstract artwork featuring a human face with an open mouth, surrounded by bright yellow and green background. The face has closed eyes, and the artwork includes various shapes, lines, and patterns, with the word 'ORAL' written in red and other scribbles and designs throughout.

“I did it all for love “

A colorful drawing of a smiling person with pink hair, surrounded by hearts, a diamond, and flowers, with the words 'Tess Le' written on the bottom right.

“Well worn Tracks lose their familiarity

the compass spins and falls after the table flip

Bright pathways emerge from below

no footprints in the powder

The old world falls away”

A colorful abstract artwork with flowers and human faces, featuring vibrant yellow, green, orange, pink, and purple hues.
An abstract painting with text and colorful shapes. The text says 'TEN' at the top left, '££' below it, and 'OYSTER' along the left side. The right side features yellow geometric shapes, including grids and arches, with a prominent pink tongue and lips at the bottom right.

“I’d give my life for one more night”

A colorful drawing of a woman with short, curly reddish-brown hair, wearing dark makeup and an expressionless face. She appears to be nude from the shoulders up. In the background, there is a small pink statue of a woman on a blue stand, a large yellow window with rounded shapes, a drum, a computer keyboard, and a potted plant with green leaves. The drawing uses bold lines and vibrant colors.
A colorful child's drawing of a person with curly hair, wearing a red shirt and fishnet stockings, standing in a room with yellow and blue walls, next to a table and a blue cabinet.