Where have you been?

Howdy-
I've taken a few trips down to LA secretly to try and plan out my next move artistically, as options for showing my work here in SLO are very thin. I'm planning on showing over 80 pieces at the Sally Loo's Cafe show on October 15th, which will have some old favorites, but mostly a ton of new, never before seen stuff. Will I get to 80 pieces? Well, right now the count is at about 50 and I have about a month and a half to go, so unless I work on a piece about every day, I don't know. I'm trying, folks. Get off my back. LA was fun, but where I used to have my foot in a lot of doors I have found myself a stranger in a very strange land.
No one is safe:

See what I mean?

Group Show Time

Greetings-

I'm showing a couple of my diorama pieces in a group show at a cute little gallery called Deer Run in Cambria, CA. They will be up for a month, I gather, so if you happen to be driving through the area, good for you. It's beautiful on the Central Coast this time of year.


Here are the actual factuals:


People We Like


Nick Wilkinson, Chris Iseri, Jamie Bruzenak, Jamie Coxen, Annamarie Fella and Ryan Williams.


2080 Main Street. East Village. Cambria. CA. 93428 805.927.0427


Open 11a-5pm (Closed Tuesday)

Greetings- I have news. Obviously. I don't blog about the weather here, buddy. Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe has been kind enough to give me a show in October. I have no idea what I will show, but it probably will be pieces that don't have swear words in them. It's a nice place, my favorite cafe, so I'm not gonna louse it up. The show will be up from October 15 through November 15 and will feature a mix of both my 2-D and 3-D work, most of which will be brand new and reasonably priced. I started this blog because my horrible hosting company was charging me a pound of flesh to host a tiny one-page site. While I have many pounds I'd like to give them, they preferred cash and it left me & my art without a "professional home". So, I figure I should throw out a couple of links to sites that have my artwork. Here goes: Bluecanvas- Most of my current work and some of my last paintings are on here. Buzznet- This is an older photosharing site I sometimes frequent. It's pretty obnoxious. Enjoy. -n

Stuff That Has Or Will Be Happening As Of Late

Greetings. Here's some stuff that has happened, in no particular order:

* I was hired to do an illustration for the New Times, a San Luis Obispo weekly paper. It was fun and I was paid in advertisement space.

* I am putting together a series of diaramas. I have six so far and you can see them here.

* With the help of some really amazing people, I am coordinating an event for SLO called Last Friday. On March 25th, there will be 6 different parties going on at the same time throughout the city in celebration of the lowbrow & contemporary art scene.

* I'm doing 10 pieces for the "$100 & Under" show at the Jeff Claassen Gallery.

* March 25th I will be creating my very own Brodeo with the "+Plus One1" collaboration show at San Luis Art Supply.

Changes Abound!

Hello and Welcome to Neal Breton Dot Com! For those of you whom are followers and fans of my work, I apologize for the website "hiatus". As you can see, I am trying to save a buck or two and have started to build a blog. In the coming months I will hopefully figure out a way to get my slideshow portfolio on here so you can see my new work.

I have transitioned away from figurative paintings with acrylic on canvas and have embarked upon a hopefully long and fruitful career in drawing and mixed media works. I have already done several pieces that I am quite excited about. I will be recording them in the coming months and looking to do a show somewhere in the world by the end of the year.
I have also moved away from the 2-D world for a moment, and have created some pieces I like to call "3-D paintings", as they are not to be put on a pedestal but rather a wall. Stay tuned for pictures of that work.

N