You may never be able to reveal it all but you can work towards tolerance, if not acceptance; I think you should give it another try! Finding it by accident is a lot different than having you show and explain it to them :>

My immediate family is very open-minded and we are supportive, rather than dismissive of one another.

Sadly, that sort of rapport with family appears to be rare but I say trust love to win in the end! If you'd feel happier sharing your work with them, try and ease them into it :>

One of my favourites of your recent pieces - stunning amounts of detail and symbolism; I can read this one almost like a book and I love it!

The natural environment of Deer.

I am silently screaming over the way she is holding that champagne flute...

Nonsense, she is a pretty bean!

Oh, you did a fantastic job of the scruffy girl!

That's fairly standard for a Cervid!

They are superficially aware, in a sense that it is "strange anthropomorphic pornography and there is a whole international movement tied to it" but I spare them any details.

Not because it would see me ostracized but because, well, it isn't a topic for the dinner table when we get together, bahah!

You know what to do.

She's kind in giving some handy attention to the knot! So many outercourse pieces ignore it...

Hübscher Bursche! ~

I bet you put your coffee mug directly on the table and simply wipe any stains on the daily because a coaster would "kill the vibe..."

Poor girl looks looks like a calf that got into the milk bucket!

"You dare disgrace my body with your man-made fabrics, woman?"