With winter in high gear things look rather bleak outside, but inside my amaryllis is in full bloom. I took this snapshot of it today. The flowers began opening just a few days ago. It was a Christmas gift from my friend Andrea. At the time, just about six weeks ago, it was just bulb.
After an intense experience is a period where your mind and body relax; you feel at peace, contentment washes over you. Most often the experience is quite pleasurable such as a personal triumph or sex. It's important to take a moment and allow yourself to bask in the afterglow. 
After true progressive Kucinich, my next choice for a presidential candidate was John Edwards. Edwards seemed to really see how our government has jumped the track. It's no longer for the people by the people, it has become by the corporation for the corporation. However, today Edwards is announcing that he is dropping out of the race. Leaving our choice of democratic candidates between Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and yes there is another, the much ignored by corporate media, Mike Gravel.
Sometimes my backgrounds are from photos I have taken, other times they are composites of imagination and elements from catalogs, magazines, images off the Internet etc. I kind of pick and choose, a lamp, a car, a mountain range then extrapolate and rework, improvise and redesign to get what I want. 
Democrat Dennis Kucinich abandoned his presidential bid Friday to focus on a tough race for re-election to Congress.
Because the compositions of most of my works are done to feature physiques, I find myself working on faces that only measure a few inches. Here, I get to indulge in rendering a face that is nearly life size. The years I spent doing portraits comes in handy sometimes!
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, love is definitely in the air! Being the romantic that I am, I've decided to have a 20% off sale on ALL of my prints over at my gallery site (www.breyette.com) to help all you other hopeless romantics in your search for that perfect gift for your special someone.
Erotic Signature has opened up voting for their Viewer's Choice Award.
NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said. The Australian-born actor was 28.There was no obvious indication of suicide, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Ledger had committed suicide. He had an appointment for a massage at the residence in the tony neighborhood of SoHo, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. A housekeeper who went to let him know the massage therapist had arrived and found him unconscious at 3:26 p.m.
Ledger was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Brokeback Mountain in 2006. He was in the midst of filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The actor recently wrapped filming the Batman Returns sequel titled The Dark Knight, in which he played The Joker. That film is currently in post-production.
I knew the name, but had never seen the show or knew much about it. But I just recently discovered Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, which is in it's 3rd season on the Oxygen network. It is... or rather she is outrageous and it's filled with an abundance of sexy guys who spend an exorbitant amount of time in swim wear, underwear, or nothing. It's one of those 'day in the life' type of reality shows akin to Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List, or Scott Baio is 46 and Pregnant, (but with beefcake). Those are the type I prefer, no silly artificial predicaments, no contests, no women pathetically vying for the affections of some schmoe. Just a good clean look at the bizarro lives of models and their crazy Godmother in Gucci agent.
Parachute jumper Jeb Corliss who attempted to jump off the Empire State Building in April of 2006, has filed a law suit for $30 Million against the Empire State Building Company, accusing the building’s agents of defaming his character, unlawfully imprisoning him on the observation deck and causing him emotional distress and lost income. None of which would have occurred had he not engaged in an activity clearly not permitted, solely for his own personal gain.
Several weeks ago Alan Ilagan mentioned that he was a contestant in a Best Dressed Man contest for the capitol region of New York State. So I mentioned it here on my blog and encouraged readers to go vote for him. Well, Alan won! He wanted to say thanks to those of you who voted for him. I think Alan's keen sense of style made him a shoo in, after all the above pic proves he is a real fashion 'plate'.
I am very happy with the news that two of my works have been selected to appear in “The Worlds Greatest Erotic Art of Today Volume 2”. “Business Trip” and “Early to Rise” have each earned a spot in the book. Last year “Lathered Up” and “Franco” were selected for Volume 1.
While I am glad to be included I am a bit disappointed that the grand prize winner and the four category winners did not include anything in the homoerotic or male centric genre. The contest claims to be opened to all sexualities. While a handful of the book winners, such as mine, are gay oriented artwork, last years and this years prize winners have not included anything having any slight gay appeal. I must say this year’s winners hardly even fulfill the ‘erotic’ criteria. A nude does not automatically qualify something as erotic.
They will be having a viewer’s choice award, and perhaps with a little help from you we can change that. I will let you know the details when I have them.
Whenever an object isn't being viewed face forward, the angles are going to be foreshortened. This is most noticeable when looking at something from below or above. In this piece the blond is being viewed from a very skewed angle so his facial features aren't composed of the shapes you typically associate with an eye, a brow, a nose, etc. Look at each of these features separately and you'll see what I mean. Does that even look like a nose if it's by itself? Having a reference image to study and sometimes rotating the artwork really helps when tackling the unusual angles foreshortening creates.
I've begun my first illustration for '08. Here's a peak of the outline. The theme is a little bittersweet and I'll fill in more details of the background story as I see it, as it progresses.
I have sold out of my 2008 "Summer Moved On" art calendars. If you missed getting a signed copy from me, you can still pick up an unsigned copy from Amazon.com
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Make doing laundry more exciting than just lint balls and static cling.
I went with Edward this past weekend to visit his Sister and her Family in Carson City Nevada. His parents were there also, as the 28th is his Mom's and his Sister's birthdays. While there they took us up into the mountains to see crystal blue Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountains.
