Artist Online Gallery

Celebrating the Male Form

Allow yourself to be immersed in a world where the human male form is celebrated in all its glory. Imagery captures the essence of strength and grace along with positive masculine energy and power. You'll find yourself captivated by the clarity and emotions of the artistic expressions.

Whether you're a casual viewer, a contemporary male character art connoisseur or business/commercial art collector, explore a different side of Las Vegas in this online gallery which promises an unforgettable experience that will leave you inspired.

Madeira Desouza's work thrives on myth-making—blending fact, rumor, and speculative fiction to mirror Vegas’ own duality. The narratives are often blends of reality and fiction, forcing audiences to piece together stories from fragments. This is a deliberate choice by this artist to mirror how Las Vegas itself hides truths beneath spectacle.

Madeira Desouza Artistic Vision

Male character art has long been celebrated for its ability to evoke powerful emotions and challenge societal norms.

By exploring the world of male character art in this online gallery, you'll embark on a journey of discovery and understanding.

The artistic vision of Madeira Desouza since 2007 has demonstrated its power to provoke conversations, challenge stereotypes, and celebrate the beauty of the male form in all its many varieties.

The Las Vegas artist is depicted here in a 1940s style art portrait along with original male characters that he created in the 21st century.

Masculine Male Art

Explore powerful expressions of masculine male character art that reveals intense male emotions and fantasies.

Artistic Strength

You will be unable to look away from the vivid imagery celebrating the rich essence of manhood.

Underground Art Themes

Because of its underground art themes, Madeira Desouza's contemporary male character artworks attract worldwide attention and intense opinions.

Pseudonym -- Pen Name -- Artist Name

In 1996 I started publishing online under the pseudonym or pen name Madeira Desouza. In 2007 I branched out into creating original, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional digital images featuring male characters for online publication also using Madeira Desouza as my artist name. In 2012 I relocated to Nevada and started releasing creative works as Madeira Desouza of Las Vegas.

But most people know me and refer to me by my nickname, Woody. I’m a citizen of the United States, born in San Luis Obispo, California. My heritage is Portuguese from both my late parents, Edward and Evelyn Goulart.

The word madeira is Portuguese for wood. The surname Desouza is a variation of the surname Souza from my old country ancestors on my mother’s side.

I turned out to be an overachiever. Before I had reached the age of 30, I had earned both a master’s degree and doctoral degree in communications.

I started out wanting to make a living as a college professor. But I discovered a stunning truth. That profession is not the best for job security due to toxic office politics in the academic field. Plus, a person does not receive financial compensation that is adequate to live on when just starting out in this profession. As a young person I found I could not live on the salary of a college professor so I got out of this line of work quickly. As an older person I find that working as a college professor feels very good for giving back to society.

When I was a boy, I was taught to repress my emotions and sexual feelings. This came from having attending Roman Catholic school taught by nuns and priests from grade one through twelve who all seemed to want every one of their students to conform to a cookie-cutter standard of sameness. I am pleased to report that I eventually broke free from those repressive teachings which I wholeheartedly believe stunted my development during my youth.

I developed an irrational fear that I would turn out to be merely an ordinary man. I felt I was sufficiently talented to be a writer. That’s why I attended journalism school where I grew to admire writers who distinguished themselves through their professional works. But, I also must confess that I developed a very strong attraction to the well-known practice of writers who use a pseudonym. I discovered in those days that Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Filtered through the perceptions of a teenage boy, that was the coolest thing I had ever come to know about the writing profession.

No surprise that Mark Twain has remained my favorite American writer of all time. Not that I think I am as good as he was or ever will be. But, I seek to be humorous like him, to tell vivid and imaginative stories like he told, and, yes, to have a memorable nom de plume like his. I created a pseudonym for myself that would sound considerably more Old World ethnic compared to my own birth name while being a name that everyone should recognize no ordinary person would ever have.

It does not really matter whether someone with a pseudonym is prominent and globally identifiable like Mark Twain or Stephen King or J.K. Rowling or Jay Z. The simple reality is that having a pseudonym is a timeworn way of differentiating yourself from everyone else.

You Can Meet
Madeira Desouza
in Person in Las Vegas

If you are a man and you are in Las Vegas (visiting or if you live here locally), you are invited to get together in person with the artist/storyteller Madeira Desouza. This get-together is held at a local place of business in Las Vegas open to the public where you can purchase and consume an adult beverage or two.

This social get-together is 100% free of charge and open to the public for fellowship purposes (friendly get-togethers with people who share a common interest or enjoy doing something together with others who are like-minded.) This is not about selling sex or selling anything else.

The artist/storyteller Madeira Desouza is an openly gay male who enjoys getting together with other adult men who are fond of the masculine male images and stories he has created since 2007. He is engaging and entertaining to spend time with face-to-face in Las Vegas.

Reach out to Madeira Desouza by email if you are interested in setting up a date and time to get together with him in person in Las Vegas: desouza3d+meet@gmail.com