"Seasons of Love" Exhibit August 19-31

Thanks to everyone who came out for my exhibit at Lyman-Eyer Gallery!  I had a great time meeting and chatting with everyone.  Thanks to Jim Lyman (with me in the bottom pic) for inviting me to have another solo show as well as doing a wonderful job promoting, hanging, and yes - a good job selling! I also have to give a shout out to Provincetown Magazine for catering the affair!  I had a wonderful night!

Tomorrow!

It's finally here!  I've been working on pieces for my gallery show all year and tomorrow night is the opening reception.  Yeah, I'm a bit nervous.  Mostly because I spend most of the year shying away from meeting people, and the reception is all about the complete opposite.  But it always goes well and once I'm in it, I actually enjoy meeting everyone and really appreciate them coming.

See ya tomorrow at 7PM, Lyman-Eyer Gallery 432 Provincetown MA!

The show runs from August 19-31.

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.

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

Pics before and during

A few shots from before and during the reception for The Breathtaking Blue. Thanks to all who came! There was an even larger turnout than last year.

Just Two Days Away!

Three Days Until!

Four More Days!

Only Five Days To Go!

Six Days!

Seven Days!

Art Undressed Arrives in Berlin

The Beate Uhse Erotica Museum Berlin will be hosting the international exhibition “ARTundressed” presented by Erotic Signature. This exhibition of contemporary erotic art will open with a private viewing on 19 September and run until 18 October. Germany’s only Erotica Museum will thus be the third stop in the tour of ARTundressed, following its opening in Miami in May and its visit to Montreal.

The Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum is entirely devoted to the art and history of sex. It attracts many visitors each year and is now in the top five of Berlin's most visited museums.

Two of my framed prints will be on display along with other works published in Erotic Signature's "The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today" books, volumes 1 and 2.

BEATE UHSE EROTIC MUSEUM

Contact (Berlin):

Assia Tschernookoff

Leiterin Unternehmenskommunikation

Beate Uhse AG, Gutenbergstraße 12, 24941 Flensburg Germany

T 0461 99 66 125

F 0461 99 66 377

atschernookoff@beate-uhse.de

Well Hung

A few pics of the gallery with my work hung on the first day of the show. I don't have any pics of the reception, since a certain boyfriend, forgot to take pictures.

"Escape" a Summer Hit

Well, thanks for all the notes of support and to everyone who made it down to the show this past Friday. I had a great time meeting and greeting many new faces and some familiar ones. A few more sales during and since the reception has brought the total to a whopping seven originals sold since bringing my work to the gallery just under a month ago. Some framed prints and numerous print orders have been made through the Lyman-Eyer gallery too.

It was fun, despite my shyness and aversion to meeting people, but a little white wine, and Jim Lyman the gallery owner keeping things moving made it just great.

After the show, Edward and I were joined by four friends, Andrea, Colleen, Melitta and Lauren, at the Mews Restaurant for an exquisite meal...and more wine. I think our table might have been haunted though. The light at our table would dim and brighten, go out completely then come back on. Our cute Latin waiter, Roberto, thought we were crazy (or intoxicated) for a while, but he finally saw it too.

Perhaps my dread of art receptions is waning because I am looking forward to doing it again!

An ounce of Pretention...

Now I know not everyone will love my artwork, they may not like it, understand it or appreciate it in any way, and I am fine with that. I am not doing it to please the masses. So when I heard that one of Provincetown's newspapers, The Provincetown Banner had passed on covering my exhibit, it didn't really bother me. The gallery owner told me they don't usually cover exhibits that run less than two weeks anyway, and with my last minute venue change I was lucky to get the time for the show that I did. However, I have had brushes with the Banner in the past so I know they have a prudish attitude when it comes to anything sexual, especially male.

When I heard that two of the women, I believe it was the editor and arts editor, poked their heads into the gallery with my show hung, turned up their noses, derogatorily remarked, "this is soooo Tom of Finland" and promptly left, is when I got ticked.

Like I said I could care less if they put me in their pretentious paper. But, I am appalled by the fact that these two 'women' running a paper in gay mecca P-Town would so off handily dismiss the work of Tom of Finland. Like his work or not, most gay men would recognize it whether they know who drew it or not and it has had such an impact and been a mirror to gay culture. I have gotten many comparisons to Tom's work, and while I see vast differences, I am certainly honored to be in his company. The fact that they have no understanding of Tom's work and didn't even bother to try to understand mine seems a bit brash for a GLBT community and an artists community.

It's these overly pretentious types that have always soured me on the 'art community', but at least in contrast, I have always found other artists to be open, welcoming, and receptive to my work, whether they be male or female, work in male nudes, landscapes, or abstracts.

I also have pleasure in knowing that they made the same omission when Steve Walker had his first big showing in Provincetown. So I'd much ra ther be in the same company as Steve Walker and Tom of Finland than in the P-Town Banner.

I have found out that the member of the Banner staff who made the actual comment was not one of the editors but an ad rep..

Another New Work: Blue State

The color blue... the bright beautiful sky, the cool spray of the seacoast, a feeling of serenity and tranquility, a sense of true freedom and a 'live and let live' attitude. It is a calm and peaceful moment, your Zen. Your mind relaxes and you drift into a Blue State.

Blue State is another of my paintings done specifically for my upcoming show. To purchase the original, contact the Lyman-Eyer Gallery. Full size limited edition gallery, limited edition studio, and open edition portfolio prints are available for purchase. The Day of Issue sale is on until around Midnight ET July 2, 2008.

Busy Bee

Now that my show has relocated to a larger space (the Lyman-Eyer Gallery above) I need to bring more works to fill the walls. Also the date I was planning to deliver the pieces has moved up by a week and a half, so I have been busy framing and preparing. I've hardly had time to do anything else. So I apologize for neglecting this blog. I'll try to post more often.

New Venue for "Escape" Gallery Show

It’s been a roller coaster of a week! In a nutshell, due to events beyond their control Little Gorgeous Things can no longer host my exhibit in July. That was devastating to hear. However, they helped me out by proposing some solutions and I am happy to say and am very thankful to the Lyman-Eyer Gallery of Provincetown for not only hosting the exhibit on such short notice but also representing me full time. What’s even better is that they had a spot on their calendar that will allow them to host my exhibit and reception during the original time period.

The exhibit still begins on July 9^th, with the reception still July 11^th at 7-9 PM. While the show will technically end a few days earlier, it is inconsequential since they will still be displaying my work well beyond the end date.

Lyman-Eyer Gallery is located at 432 Commercial Street Provincetown MA 02657.

Erotic Signature @ XART in LA

Erotic Signature was invited to showcase the book ("The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today") in the XART Gallery at the EROTICA LA Convention. Though they are still awaiting the books from the publisher they did have a mock up copy to display. In their newsletter they said the book was well received and they included a few photos of the event. I was happy to notice that "Franco" was displayed prominently. "Franco" along with "Lathered Up" are two of my works accepted for inclusion in the coffee table collection of erotic art (straight, gay and in between). The books are due to be released very soon, a week or so. I am looking forward to getting my copies.

Getting Ready for P-Town

Well tomorrow's the reception for my art exhibit, "Summer Moved On" at Little Gorgeous Things in Provincetown. I am pretty excited about it and from what I hear it's already going well. The works were hung a couple days ago. I am also pleased to hear that some of you will be in town this week end and I'll get to meet you.

So today I am getting ready for the trip, which has also become a 3-day vacation for Edward and I. Right now I am getting my stuff together (beach towel, sunblock, camera etc.) and trying on and deciding what clothes to bring. Here I am in my Aussiebum's. I ordered a new one for this summer but it unfortunately it hasn't arrived yet.