My Work & Playlist Top 10 - January 29, 2010

	5	6	“Sweet Little Thing” (1 Week at #1)      Alessandro Viale featuring Vaanya Diva
	1	9	“Men in This Town” (1 Week at #1)      Shakira
	2	7	“Flashback”      Calvin Harris
	3	5	“Love Kills”      Little Boots
	6	7	“Sweet Dreams (Groove Police Radio Edit)”      Beyoncé
	4	8	“Bodies (Cahill ReFix by Fantom)” (4 Weeks at #1)     Robbie Williams
	9	5	“Human (Pink Noise Radio Edit)”      The Killers
	12	5	“The United State of Pop 2009”      DJ Earworm
	8	6	“Fascination”      Le Roux
	7	8	“Bad Romance”      Lady Gaga

Watch the Dancing Bears

Save Ugly Betty - Now Sing Bitch!

 

ABC has announced it is canceling the enormously entertaining and witty "Ugly Betty".  The show will finish out it's 4th season this April.  If you're a fan of the show, which has consistently been one of the funniest and was named the best comedy series 2 years in a row, with praise for its handling of gay and transgender issues at the GLAAD Awards, take a sec and sign the petition to save the show.
Save Ugly Betty

"Flowers for Salinger"

Author ("Catcher in the Rye") JD Salinger past away today.

New Release: "Masterpieces"

With my latest work I thought it would be interesting to ponder the duality of masterpieces. Throughout history there have been countless magneficient works created by talented artisans, but they are still only replicas, tributes to the flawless physiques that inspired them.

Masterpieces will be a part of my upcoming show in Provincetown, MA this summer. If you are interested in purchasing the original, please contact the Lyman-Eyer Gallery. Limited edition Gallery and Studio prints are available for purchase at www.breyette.com at the Special First Day Price through Midnight ET tomorrow.

Apple Launches New iPad

My Work & Playlist Top 10 - January 22, 2010

TW	LW	WKS	TITLE / ARTIST
	2	8	“Men in This Town” (1 Week at #1)      Shakira
	6	6	“Flashback”      Calvin Harris
	3	4	“Love Kills”      Little Boots
	1	7	“Bodies (Cahill ReFix by Fantom)”   (4 Weeks at #1)     Robbie Williams
	8	5	“Sweet Little Thing”      Alessandro Viale featuring Vaanya Diva
	7	6	“Sweet Dreams (Groove Police Radio Edit)”      Beyoncé
	4	7	“Bad Romance”      Lady Gaga
	11	5	“Fascination”      La Roux
	13	4	“Human (Pink Noise Radio Edit)”      The Killers
	5	9	“I Call It Love”      Anastacia

Stop the flood of corporate money into our democracy

Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced a disastrous rollback of campaign finance laws. Their 5-4 decision gives corporations free rein to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections.

It's a horrible decision. But we can undo some of the damage if Congress passes public financing of elections, which would give progressives and populists who don't have industry backing the ability to compete.

Can you sign the petition urging Congress to move quickly to pass public financing of elections?

http://pol.moveon.org/fairelectionsnow/?r_by=18673-8906524-aLcI53x&rc=paste

A compiled petition with your individual comment will be presented to Congress.

"We the Slaves of the United Corporations of Americ..."

American democracy died a little more today as the Republican dominated Supreme Court voted to lift the limit a corporation can donate to a politcal candidate.  Corporations rule (and are ruining) this country.  Behind every problem we're facing from war to obesity, health care to global warming you'll find a corporation, and the GOP is their political arm.

"With a stroke of the pen, five justices wiped out a century of American history devoted to preventing corporate corruption of our democracy," declared Fred Wertheimer, president of the Washington-based government-watchdog group Democracy 21.

"The First Amendment protects more than just the individual on a soapbox and the lonely pamphleteer," wrote the court in its 5-4 decision.

However, it's quite certain that the founding fathers wrote the Constitution with the liberties of the individual in mind.  It does not read "We the Corporations of the United States of America", it's "We the People".  They did not intend a corporation to be able to spend billions of dollars to get their own puppet elected.

on the drawing board: hands on

When it came to composing this picture I decided to only show part of Michelangelo's David. I gave it some thought and concluded that it had to be his right hand, next to the face it's probably the most definitive part of the statue.

This picture is quite 'hand' centric and for me rendering hands are perhaps even more challenging that faces.; they have all those little creases and visible veins, not too mention the myriad of angles.

The envelope please....

The winning title for my Name My Art contest is Looking to Score, submitted first by Jay W. from Phoenix Arizona. Jay will be receiving a signed limited edition studio print of the work.

I want to thank everyone who participated and sent in great suggestions. Unfortunately I can only pick one. But I must say, you guys came up with some clever ways of putting balls into the title!  Here are those:

Ball Carrier
BALL HOG
Ball Jocks
Ball Play
Ball Playing
Ball Sports
Ball Sweat
Balls in Motion
Balls of Fun
Balls of Soccer
Balls on the Field
Balls!
Control of the Ball
DRIVING THE BALLS HOME
Eye On the Ball
Follow the ball
Great Balls of Fire
Keep You Eyes on the Ball
Marking the Ball
Match-ball
Men and their Balls
Possession of the Ball
Power Baller
Running of the balls
spot the balls
The Ball Carrier
Trailing the Ball
Balls!

and that's not counting ones using 'football'!

Classic Physique Photography by John Palatinus

Welcome TOMORROW’S MAN!

Opening reception- February 14th, Valentine’s Day, 2010.

7-9pm

 Live models on display!

John Palatinus – in person! 

Antebellum

1643 N. Las Palmas Ave

Hollywood, CA 90028

323 856-0667

www.antebellum.us.ms

www.antebellumgallery.blogspot.com

on the drawing board: statuesque

I've always wondered if Michelangelo's David was based on a model.  I doubt he actually had someone pose for him during the entire 3 years of it's creation, but  I thought I'd let my imagination have a crack at what a moment with the master and model might have been like.

My Work & Playlist Top 10 - January 15, 2010

TW	LW	WKS	TITLE / ARTIST
	1	6	“Bodies (Cahill ReFix by Fantom)” (4 Weeks at #1)     Robbie Williams
	4	7	“Men in This Town”      Shakira
	9	3	“Love Kills”      Little Boots
	2	6	“Bad Romance”      Lady Gaga
	3	8	“I Call It Love”      Anastacia
	7	5	“Flashback”      Calvin Harris
	8	5	“Sweet Dreams (Groove Police Radio Edit)”      Beyoncé
	16	4	“Sweet Little Thing”      Alessandro Viale
	6	11	“Mr. Tambourine Man” (2 Weeks at #1)      Bob Sinclar
	12	5	“One Love”      David Guetta featuring Estelle