Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me

Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me

20th Anniversary Group Art Exhibition

Opening Reception : Saturday, April 21st, 8pm-11:30pm

Copro Gallery at Bergamot Station

2525 Michigan Avenue #T5

Santa Monica CA 90404 (map)

below is my piece for the amazing group show celebrating 20th Annivesary of "Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me", which opens this Saturday at Copro Gallery, at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.

last year, i was lucky enough to be in the 20th Anniversary group show of Twin Peaks (the TV series) - i'm so honored to be invited back by the awesome Rob Wilson, who curated both amazing shows.

Broken Flower. 14"x18". Oil on Wood. © 2012.

+ you can see all the artworks and info for inquiry here on the gallery site,

which includes some amazing people who were directly involved with the film and the tv

show (like mr. Lynch himself!).

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here are some progress photos (originally started half a year ago or so) :

this was my first oil painting in about 2 years - i was so rusty with oils that it took a loooong time.
i started with acrylic & colored pencil, and decided that it was looking a bit dull and

wanted the richness and sheen of oil that i couldn't get out of other media - then regretted

for about 4 days until i got used to the process again.

then it was so hard to scan and photograph the piece due to the rich sheen of oils, and i'm not

even sure the colors look right in the image on top.

the movie really zeroes in on the tragic hidden secrets and rotting cores of a victimized girl (Laura Palmer,

of course), and the frailty of human mind (and its strength, at times) felt kind of like a fragile, falling flower.

last time i'd watched the film, i'd seen it right after the whole tv series.

this time, i watched it by itself - and i thought it really does stand alone, although it probably

helps to know the previous story to all this. it seemed much better and richer this time around,

and felt very David Lynch to me (whose film are not only one of my favorite directors but one of

my favorite influences/inspirations).

i wish i could be there to see all the artwork in person!

please go check it out if you're around LA/Santa Monica area. i wouldn't miss it if i were.

Around the new studio...

it's been over a month since we moved to a new apartment in a new neighborhood in Brooklyn,

and i feel like i've finally settling into my new work environment with some comfort.

the new studio is a small nook in the living room - quite a change from the big room i used to have before,

but i feel like this fits me & my radius of activity better - kind of like my old studio in the apartment before the last.

some things that's been going on around the studio :

speaking of the old old studio, i found these papers i've splattered ink & gesso on in '08 or so,

and put some faces on it - maybe i'll fully paint it later on at some point.

and some paintings :

(a study piece on hands.)

my sculpture crate above - now that i have a rooftop access, i can work messily up there!

which means that i can start slowly acquiring some power tools. yay!

and look what matthew made :

there was an unfortunate bike accident (a hit & run by a car) but luckily he came out unscathed,

but the bike didn't - so with the crushed bike, he made this little stool.

yay for making!