pastel artist of the male figure, nudes and gay themes
While this is only a portion of the full piece, the painting will only be of the guys from the chest up. I thought of showing more, but opted for the intimacy that focusing on the faces and the embraces provides. Plus I'm in the mood to work on larger faces. Heck the last piece I did didn't have any face unless you count a jack-o-lantern.
I spent a lot of time deciding what I was going to paint for Halloween this year. I had several concepts rolling around in my head: spiders, ghosts, the legend of Sleepy Hollow. But I didn't know what to do with my vague snippets of inspiration. With October just around the corner, I decided to go with one of my biggest fears - SPIDERS! - and started a new piece.
Of course it was only after I put pastel to paper that the Pumpkin Head concept finally gelled, but I knew that it was to be my Hallowe'en painting, so I nixed the other one and got busy on this one.
It almost feels like a cosmic alignment. My latest piece celebrates a sexy beginning to Summer as well as a playful twist on gay marriage, and it turned out that the first full week of Summer saw the Supreme Court grant federal recognition of same-sex marriages by overturning DOMA while their action on Prop 8 resumed same-sex marriages in California. Happy Summer!
Summers at the Lake, Crawl into Bed, and Thirst have recently been purchased by private collectors.
There is an old saying that clothes make the man, while I tend to favor my male figures with few clothes on. But as my latest original Power Bottoms shows, there is plenty of appeal in a guy who is fully dressed in well fitted clothing. It's just how those clothes are filled out. So really it's the man that makes the clothes.
My latest work, Cuddling was commissioned by Dreamspinner Press for an upcoming anthology of the same name. The pastel is about half the size of the ones I normally do, so there will not be a limited edition Gallery print of this piece.
My latest work, Land’s End, is obviously a metaphor for life, and has nothing whatsoever to do with any desires I may have for a threeway with Anderson Cooper and BRAVO’s Andy Cohen.
Welcome to the art of Michael Breyette.
Michael's pastel paintings capture the stunning beauty of the male form with warmth and sensitivity while never shying away from lustful eroticism.
This website contains fine art depictions of male nudity, gay themes, and men in sensual and romantic situations. Do not enter if you choose to be offended by this subject matter.
Otherwise, if you appreciate the male form in all its glory, come on inside and enjoy!
