6.16.2015

honolulu museum of art

hi folks,

excited to share these new series of paintings, which i created for "artshop," a group exhibition at honolulu museum of art in hawaii, opening this friday on the 19th. the exhibition consists of few curators taking over the museum space in 10 day period and one of them is my friend eric nakamura of giant robot in los angeles. so honored and happy to be one of the artist representing giant robot and city of los angeles:)

my new work centers around the americana signage culture that i love and adore. i see them as a surviver of the simpler time and there's something magical about the decaying old signage that i see around los angles and other cities in the states.
i modified the signage by adding a more personal texts, some are lines from the songs i like and others are whimsical wording or the positive phrases that i enjoy.

i'm quite happy with the series and hope you will like them too.
mahalo:)



"on our way home"
24 x 36", acrylic on panel, 2015


"this is the only place for me"
24 x 36", acrylic on panel, 2015


"fly high" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"haring on my mind 02" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"indiana on my mind" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"let it fall" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"let's sail away" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"let's stay together till the stars fade" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"maybe tomorrow" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"no more bad town" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"shine on" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015


"stay gold" 9 x 12", acrylic on paper, 2015

also travis hancock from honolulu museum of art did a short interview with me about the new work and it's on their website.
please follow the link below for the full article.

honolulu museum of art blog

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