Michael Breyette

I am a self taught artist who has been drawing for as long as I can remember. But, it wasn’t until moving from a conservative family and hometown in rural upstate NY that I felt the freedom to express my true self
and my true passions in my artwork. The resulting illustrations of male nudes and gay themed works rendered in soft pastel are what turned my hobby into a career.

In 2000 I discovered an audience for my works by posting a few of these pieces on the Internet. Three years later I was at a point where I either dive in and try to make a living at something I enjoy or just continue on as a cog in the wheel. I quit my secure day job to be a full time self supporting artist. One of the major rewards of that decision came in 2007 when renowned gay pictorial publishing house Bruno Gmünder of Germany published Summer Moved On, a collection of my works, followed by a Summer Moved On 2008 Calendar. My works also appear in the anthology Stripped and The Greatest Erotic Art of Today Volumes 1 & 2 (for which he won the Viewer’s Choice Award in 2008), as well as numerous magazines including Blue, Manner Aktuel, Unzipped, Gaydar, and [2], for which he earned the distinction of having the magazine’s first ever illustrated cover. You can also see Michael’s works on the covers of Boston’s very own Romentics™ gay romance novels. While Michael’s works can most easily be viewed and purchased at his online gallery, www.breyette.com, he returns to Provincetown this July for a new exhibit at Little Gorgeous Things. His show Escape runs July 9th – 22nd, with a reception July 11th at 7pm.