Recently....

 

 

A smattering of the projects, sketches, etc... I've been working on recently - plus some colors I've mixed - absolutely love that step!  Color is key and plays a big role in my minimalist work.  All really fun stuff.  Most of these are not client related - I keep those private until the final is public or my client encourages me to share the process.

Below is yet another page of ink brush "honing" or sharpening/practice - my sketchbooks are filled with these pages.  Each illo is different and has evolving line demands, so I absolutely need my hand and arm to be in sync with the brush.  While I try to avoid covering older sketches, a great many have been lost to the ink over the years.  

Have an amazing weekend!

 

"B" at Ltd Art Gallery - Seattle

Two new pieces for "B" - a B-movie tribute show at Ltd. Art Gallery in Seattle, WA!  So many cool artists involved.  Both of my pieces (above) are ink and gouache on paper.  The show is currently on display till early November - if you're in or around the Seattle area, be there! 

Bootsy Bellows

How cool is that?  ICE COLD!  Here's a link to the Bootsy Bellows project (link).

Batman feels the Breese

 

A little behind on posting this piece.  I actually started "Batman" the Monday before the film's opening and was just getting to painting it when the news of the tragedy in Colorado reached me.  

I was in the process of designing/painting the red lettering... I stared at it for a while... the questions began to flood into my mind: Was the piece in poor taste? Was continuing disrespectful to those who were injured or lost their lives?  The red paint just sat there, and so did I. 

I am first and foremost a Coloradan - blood and bone.  The Rockies are my calling and I dream of the Mile High City often.  I, like so many others, was there for the Columbine tragedy and with them, I hoped it would be the last.  It wasn't - we just don't seem to learn from these events anymore.

A few days passed and then it hit me: Batman hates guns.  Recalling this fact gave me some momentum and I ultimately finished the painting some days later.

"Batman" (temporary title) is ink and gouache on paper.  

My heart goes out to those who were murdered/injured and to all my fellow Coloradans. 

  

---> Kinda has a weird Atari game cover feel doesn't it?     

WIN A PRINT!!!

Want to win a "Kitty Kat" screen print??
How about a "Motor City Sirens" print??

Well, if you have a Facebook account, you're half way there...  

All you have to do:

Go to Peter Breese Neon Lights and click "LIKE"...

That's it?  Yup, that's it.

Click "Like" and BOOM you're in the drawing.  There will be only three winners.  The contest will run for only one week (ending at midnight Monday July 2nd, 2012).  One grand prize winner will receive a "Kitty Kat" print.  Two second place winners will each receive one "Motor City Sirens" print!

Very exciting stuff.