on the drawing board: something to say? say it with naked men

It seems my pieces evolve on two fronts.  There is the vision, in the literal sense, the 'what it's going to look like' and then their is the idea, the emotion, the motivation, the comment I am expressing.  These two seem to work in tandem, often one taking the lead over the other.  Sometimes the seed comes from the vision other times from the idea.  It's my conscious vs. my subconscious. When it comes from the vision I analyze it to find out why it appeals to me why this is something that I am driven to create.  When I have an idea first I have to create a piece around, and that can sometimes be more of a challenge.  There are times when my idea might not be something you'd easily associate with my  forté of handsome naked men.  But when I manage to come up with a way to do it, it's very satisfying.

New Release: "Ascension"

No matter how big the challenge, how insurmountable the obstacle, it seems like it is human nature to persevere and find a way to overcome whatever stands in our way. We acquire the knowledge, we learn the skills, and we summon our strength to climb the proverbial mountains before us. We may falter and fall along the way, but eventually we reach that pinnacle. We succeed in our Ascension.

I admit it, I love pairing up sexy men with water scenes in my art. Whether it's a lockerroom shower, a relaxing sauna, a day at the beach, or as with my latest work Ascension, climbing a waterfall.

The original is on consignment with the Lyman-Eyer Gallery. While it is available for purchase, it cannot be delivered until after my solo exhibit in Provincetown this summer.

Limited edition Gallery and Studio prints are available directly through BREYETTE.COM at the special first day price through midnight ET tomorrow.  

on the drawing board: water challenge

Water has so many properties and different traits.  It can be reflective, transparent, turbulent, still, flowing etc.  So sometimes it can be a fun and easy thing to render other times it can be very difficult.  I think I encountered both extremes in this one picture.  I hope to have it finished by next week!

My Work & Playlist Top 10 - March 9, 2012

TW	LW	WKS	TITLE / ARTIST
	2	7	“Too Good To Lose (Seamus Haji Mix)” (1 Week at #1)     Rebecca Ferguson
	8	6	“Together”     Patrick Wolf
	11	3	“Tonight”     St. Etienne
	10	4	“Like a Robot”     Aqua
	5	6	“Magic”     Sophie Ellis-Bextor
	3	9	“Shed My Skin” (1 Week at #1)     Therese
	7	8	“Young Professionals”      The Young Professionals
	1	13	“Something's Going On” (1 Week at #1)      September
	12	3	“You Da One (Dave Aude Radio Mix)”     Rihanna
	4	7	“Levels”     Avicii featuring Etta James

on the drawing board: glistening

Here's my latest piece that's on my drawing board.  Yeah, I'm sucker for wet guys in the sunlight.  It's just fun to render!

My Work & Playlist Top 10 - March 2, 2012

TW	LW	WKS	TITLE / ARTIST
1	2	12	“Something's Going On” (1 Week at #1)      September
2	4	6	“Too Good To Lose (Seamus Haji Mix)”     Rebecca Ferguson
3	1	8	“Shed My Skin” (1 Week at #1)     Therese
4	3	6	“Levels”     Avicii featuring Etta James
5	10	5	“Magic”     Sophie Ellis-Bextor
6	5	7	“Drunk (Lazy Jay's Wasted In London Mix)” (2 Weeks at #1)      Ed Sheeran
7	8	7	“Young Professionals”     The Young Professionals
8	14	5	“Together”     Patrick Wolf
9	9	11	“Don't You Want Me (Matt Pop 30th Anniv. Mix)” (2 Weeks at #1)      Human League
10	21	3	“Like a Robot”     Aqua

New Release: "Bed"

Some look forward to cool crisp sheets, while others prefer a snuggley warm blanket. Either way it's our spot for total relaxation of both body and mind. Our most intimate place where we're at our most unguarded, our most vulnerable. And where we become the closest we can be to another person, when we invite them to share our bed.

The original is on consignment with the Lyman-Eyer Gallery. While it is available for purchase, it cannot be delivered until after my solo exhibit in Provincetown this summer.

Limited edition Gallery and Studio prints are available directly through BREYETTE.COM at the special first day price through midnight ET tomorrow.  

on the drawing board: double teamed

I hardly ever work on more than one piece at a time.  Even when I do pieces that are part of a series, I may have the general idea of what I plan to do for each one, but that is about as far as it goes.  They don't even get to my refined sketch, which is what comes before I get out the pastel paper.   So it will be interesting for me to see how these two progress.  I think one of the reasons I've avoided doing more than one at a time is that I'm afraid I may lose interest in one if I have something else to do.  My head might be in a completely different place by the time I can get back to it and I'll scrap it and come up with something else.

New Release: "Encounter"

Living in the steamy heat of the jungle, among the animals and abundant flora, he is in his element, free and wild. To them, however, he is a curiosity, a strange one, a misfit. But now one of them is here in his world, and it's them who are out of place, them who don't fit in, who he has encountered and who is need of his help.

While the original is available for purchase through the Lyman-Eyer Gallery, as part of my solo exhibit in Provincetown later this Summer it cannot be delivered until after the show.

Limited edition Gallery and Studio prints are available directly through BREYETTE.COM at the Special First Day Price through Midnight ET tomorrow.  

on the drawing board: dudes in distress

I am just realizing the similar theme of 'dudes in distress' in this and my last piece, 'Deep Blue'.  In both cases it seems to be the 'regular' guy who needs a bit of help from the misfit/outcast character, the guy who lives in the jungle or the merman who lives in the sea.  They also seem to say, 'to you I may seem strange, but in my world I am the one who belongs and you don't fit in.'