Esposito is one of the ‘old school’ of artists and is quite well known for his pulp fiction covers,
like the detail below.
He employs a variety of styles ranging from softly naturalistic representations to highly stylistic images almost like woodcuts combining hard lines and strong patterns.
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He sometimes draws freely on Tom of Finland for inspiration in both his figure drawing (as above) and his compositions which may include complete Tom images as details - sometimes even reworking complete Tom pictures.
However, he does have his own distinctive style as in ‘The Coach’ (below).
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