Breese + Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

A wonderful and truly unique experience - easily one of the best of my young career!  A huge thank you to everyone involved!!

NEW YEAR'S EVE 2012

Happy New Year!!  You put a lot into 2012, so celebrate what was and is, then dream of what will be! Thanks for your support and I'll look forward to seeing you next year.

You Failed Me

"You Failed Me" by Peter Breese, 2012.  Ink and gouache on paper. 

In the wake of the last thirteen years, the time since the Columbine High School shooting, I have struggled to restrain my emotions surrounding the incidence and relative acceptance of violence in our American society.  As a Coloradan and father of two young children, the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary was simply more than I could bear.  As an artist, I often find myself reflecting on the Mother of Exiles and how she might feel in these moments - a mixed sense of fury and sorrow to match my own.  

We can be better.  We must be better.  For the future of this country and the well-being of our children - a safer and brighter liberty for all Americans.  

VOTE!!

Hope to see a lot of "I voted" stickers tomorrow!

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!