Saturday, September 25, 2010

New Release: "2011 Calendar"

http://www.breyette.com/calendar/
You can now order my 2011 calendar featuring 13 of my pastel paintings. The calendar is 11"x17" (open) with a full size date grid.
I should have enough to last through the holiday shopping season, but quantity is limited so if you want one for yourself or extra to give as gifts don't wait too long!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

"Metamorphosis" excerpt from "Illustrated Men"

Illustrated Men
1 artist, 15 authors, 16 paintings, 17 short stories 

"Illustrated Men" contributor/author, George Seaton also shares his experience with the project and a snippet of his short story, "Metamorphosis" on his blog - "Coddling My Muse"

(http://georgeseaton.wordpress.com/)

 

Excerpt from "Metamorphosis"

Short story by George Seaton

 

Deaglan worked a few years in construction, bartended, watied tables. Served filet mignon and bouillabaisse, eased corks from twenty-year-old bottles. Appreciated the attention given to his looks as something he couldn’t help, nor wanted to. Seemed clothes tended to caress his body like shrink wrap a valued commodity. Gave up on underwear. Smiled at faces, men and women–forks shoveling chunks of rare meat into wide mouths–whose eyes captured, for later fanciful reference, the swing of a goodly treasure against the fine, thin linen Deaglan preferred. Pleased himself with a turn of his head, seeing in some of those same eyes a perceived desire to gnaw on the tightly muscled jut of his ass, framing a slit that surely promised deeper treasures. Dessert here, anyone?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

New Release: "The Underwear Drawer"

It is every man's extra personal space. More than simply a repository for briefs, it is a stash for all sorts of things. Like lube and condoms, toys, tools, rings for fingers and other parts, a book, passport and any sort of memento's. The underwear drawer is perhaps the place that best reflects each man's inner self.


The original, as well as limited edition Gallery and Studio prints are available for purchase at the special first day price through Midnight ET tomorrow (9/22/2010). 

Saturday, September 18, 2010

My Work & Playlist Top 10 - September 17, 2010



THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WEEKS
TITLE / ARTIST
1
3
7
Rainbow of Love(1 Week at #1)
     Bob Sinclar featuring Ben Onono

2
4
9
     Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina

3
6
3
“Choices”
     The Hoosiers

4
5
5
“Bittersweet (Freemasons Radio Edit)”
     Sophie Ellis-Bextor

5
2
8
“Come With Me” (2 Weeks at #1)
     ceo

6
1
7
Push Push (Remix)(1 Week at #1)
     Kat De Luna featuring Akon

7
9
6
Earthquake
     Little Boots

8
8
9
     La Roux

9
11
3
“Say You Don’t Want It (Wideboys Remix)”
     One Night Only

10
12
6
Call Me
     The Pipettes

Friday, September 17, 2010

caught with their pants down

Friend and fellow artist Paul Richmond has started a group on facebook called Ebay, stop sellers who blatantly rip off artists!

As someone who has also been the victim of forgeries and bootlegging by eBay users, I know it's a great cause and something needs to be done to protect the real artists and the integrity of the work that you the patrons buy.

The bigger and more visible we make this group the more weight we'll have in getting eBay to take stronger measures to curb copyright theft.

You can join the group by following this link.  Thanks!

"Vows" - excerpt from "Illustrated Men"

Illustrated Men
1 artist, 15 authors, 16 paintings, 17 stories.
Excerpt from Vows,
short story by Justin Shepherd


       Though neither of us were virgins, both of us were out of practice, but that proved no impediment to the realization of what we both knew was inevitable. Philip was everything I had imagined in my fantasies and more. His body was exquisite, with masculine definition that I had rarely encountered in anything but men’s exercise magazines. His collarbone and broad shoulders formed an artful frame for his magnificent face, made all the more radiant by his soft blue eyes. I couldn’t help but think how inconceivable it was that such a body should be concealed under the folds of a Benedictine habit and shut away in a cloister.
 
 

Thursday, September 16, 2010

on the drawing board: holiday trimmings

TLA wanted a few 'minor' changes to my holiday piece.  Minor was their words.  Not so easy were mine.  So, not wanting to mess with what I had, I used Photoshop to add in the menorah and change 'Santa's' arm tattoo from 'Merry Christmas' to 'Happy Holidays'.  

Now that it is done for them I will finish for me at some point by filling in the spaces I needed to leave for them to insert their merchandise. 

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

on the drawing board: presents and packages

Another in progress pic of the piece for TLA.com's holiday advertising campaign.  Just a few more 'decorations' to add!

Monday, September 13, 2010

"End of the Line" - excerpt from "Illustrated Men"

Illustrated Men
1 artist, 15 authors, 16 paintings, 17 stories.
Excerpt from End of the Line,
short story by Clare London.

Suddenly, the train banked more sharply than usual and he staggered forward. The other man leaned too, but against him, though surely the movement of the train should have jolted him the other way. Drew twisted his head back around to give a rueful apology, but the look that met his was bolder than he’d ever seen from a fellow commuter.

The brown eyes stared back at him, unabashed. And then winked at him. The man’s mouth creased in a slight smile, unmistakable this time.

Drew felt – suddenly - very flushed. The guy’s smell was lingering in his nostrils; the warmth up against the front of his legs was all too good. He felt everything tightening inside the crotch of his jeans.

The train lurched forward, thundering through a tunnel. They were leaving the city behind, and the scenery outside plunged into the deeper blackness of unlit night. The auxiliary lights in the carriage flickered on once, then snapped off completely, leaving it in semi darkness. It was a common problem on this old stock. A couple of passengers groaned, and at the far end of the carriage a baby wailed.

“Hot,” came a murmur at Drew’s ear.

 What the hell -?



The hand at his ass was even more of a shock. The train rattled on, the shadows rushing past the window, but the sudden grip on his cheek had become the only important thing on his mind. He peered into the gloom, his heart hammering with surprise. He had an umbrella digging into his ribs and the collar of some woman’s pvc raincoat kept catching on the back of his neck. But the hand behind him had still found enough room to slide down the seat of his jeans and cup his left buttock. He tensed, and felt the fingers trace firmly along his muscle. Fuck, but that’d feel even better inside his clothes!

He felt his cock swell further, straining against the harsh denim. He wriggled a bit, settling his cheek more comfortably against the wandering hand. He flushed, imagining the embarrassment if someone saw him being felt up like this – and encouraging it. But no one gave a scandalized cry. Hell, it’d be hard enough to see anything in this lighting, let alone under cover of the mass of bodies and thick coats. He wondered for a wild second if the hand belonged to some innocent straight guy who’d yell harassment as soon as the lights came back on.

Then the hand tightened. The thumb pressed very carefully and very deliberately along the crease of his ass. There was no mistaking the purposefulness.

It felt fucking brilliant. Drew bit his lip to hold the whimper in.
The train banked, and everyone leaned to one side. When Drew straightened up again, he heard a warm sigh and felt the brush of another man’s hair on his cheek. The guy opposite him was suddenly even closer. His nose nudged at Drew’s; his breath steamed against Drew’s throat. Drew let his head drop back very slightly, baring his neck. That was when he felt the breath move up to caress his jaw and then the swipe of a swift, wet tongue along his lower lip. His mouth fell open in astonishment. He felt the other man’s chin nudge in against him and then the tongue thrust into his mouth.

The taste was hot. Hot in heat terms, and hot in taste terms! Drew sucked on a strong, assertive tongue, flickering in between his lips, licking in and around his mouth. He could taste coffee and mint and warm, live flesh. At the same time, the hand at his ass tugged him closer and his hips bumped up against the tightly muscled legs he’d been so appreciative of. Yeah, he thought with delight, it figured that the hand would be just as forceful as the demanding - but oh, so delicious - kiss.

Friday, September 10, 2010

My Work & Playlist Top 10 - September 10, 2010


THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WEEKS
TITLE / ARTIST (Titles link to Amazon.com mp3's if available)
1
2
6
Push Push (Remix)(1 Week at #1)
     Kat De Luna featuring Akon

2
1
7
“Come With Me” (2 Weeks at #1)
     ceo

3
5
6
     Bob Sinclar featuring Ben Onono

4
4
8
     Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina

5
10
4
“Bittersweet (Freemasons Radio Edit)”
     Sophie Ellis-Bextor

6
14
2
“Choices”
     The Hoosiers

7
3
7
     Taylor Dayne

8
7
8
     La Roux

9
13
5
Earthquake
     Little Boots

10
6
8
     Delerium featuring Kreesha Turner

on the drawing board: holiday cheer

Though I've already delivered the finished version of this piece to TLA for their holiday advertising campaign, I am only now posting it.  I wanted to make sure they were happy, plus I wanted to make sure I had their permission.

Thursday, September 02, 2010

"Illustrated Men" Print Version - Out Now!

A thousand words, a single picture... Since artists are often called upon to turn prose into a visual for such things as book covers, I wondered, would writers be able to pick up the creative torch and run in the opposite direction? I had little doubts they could and it got me excited wondering what they would come up with for my own pastel paintings. So with that it mind I though it would be fun to launch a contest and invite friends, fans of my art, amateur scribes, professionals writers, really anyone who wanted, to pick a painting from my body of work and build a short story around it. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. I wanted to find out if that was true. 

Stories written by: L. John Williams, Todd Schoonover, Veronica, Aleksandr Voinov & Marquesate, Linda Schnelle, John Stewart, George Seaton, Gabriel Morgan, Alan Bennett Ilagan, Todd Peissig, Harold Dixon, Justin Shepherd, Clare London, and Michael Breyette.

Pick up a copy today at Amazon.com

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Art of the Month - September: "Max"

As with numerous other species, are human males the more beautiful of the two sexes? Are men peacocks? Most societies celebrate the aesthetics of the female form over that of the male, so why is it women who wear makeup and perform a myriad of other rituals just to look prettier? If men did the same, would they be considered equally as beautiful? Or perhaps they don't because it simply isn't necessary.

Prints of "Max" are 15% off through the month of September at www.breyette.com