Locker Room Legends: Sam “Bulldog” Rizzo

Sam “Bulldog” Rizzo joins the Locker Room Legends — a black athlete captured in hyperrealist precision, where strength, pride, and sensuality fuse into one. Crouched on a concrete pedestal like a modern monument, he faces the viewer with quiet confidence, a rugby ball resting in his left hand, the other lowered along his thigh. Between his legs rises a huge cock with heavy balls hanging below it. Every muscle, every contour is rendered with obsessive care — a study in control, patience, and power.

His face, broad and sculpted, eyes lifted toward an unseen crowd, carries the stoic energy of a champion — as if illuminated by the arena lights of a late-’70s dream. The smooth skin, the disciplined pose, the gleam of tension and release — all echo the visual language of vintage gay erotica, reimagined through a contemporary lens.

Etched into the pedestal, the Latin motto Per aspera ad astra — “Through hardship to the stars” — becomes both a declaration and a dedication: to the men who turned sweat into beauty, and to the artist’s own endurance.

Drawn over 72 hours and 18 sessions, Sam “Bulldog” Rizzo stands as a celebration of gay masculinity — powerful, unapologetic, and timeless.