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The First Casualty of Beverly & Fairfax!💥 I lo

The First Casualty of Beverly & Fairfax!💥

I love these two wild, rambunctious kittens. But I also loved this midcentury mannequin head I’ve had in my bedroom for over 20 years. She was perfect & dreamy.

Bosko did this a few years ago with another one of my very favorite old girl mannequin heads.

And recommendations on a good refurbisher?

HAPPY CATURDAY! Beverly & Fairfax seem to be gett

HAPPY CATURDAY!

Beverly & Fairfax seem to be getting very comfortable in their new home!

BIG EYED BLACKIE! Remembering Margaret Keane on t

BIG EYED BLACKIE!

Remembering Margaret Keane on the third anniversary of her passing.

I painted this to honor her and Blackie the Cat!

MY LACMA. As @lacma is starting all their fancy e

MY LACMA.

As @lacma is starting all their fancy events to celebrate their new building,
I wanted to post this apocalyptic photo
I took on September 23, 2022 during one of my many many many walks during the pandemic.

Born and bred in this neighborhood, the original LACMA building had a special presence and meaning. My first introduction to fine art, and the civic responsibility to offering culture to all, no matter your position in life.

Watching the destruction day by day, added to the dark times of Covid & isolation.

PROTECTING YOU FROM EVIL SPIRITS!! These are my T

PROTECTING YOU FROM EVIL SPIRITS!!

These are my TOBY DOOR GODS!
They were painted specifically for my museum exhibition at @mocataipei & @k11artfoundation 11 years ago!

I was inspired by visiting the beautiful Buddhist temples in Asia and being welcomed by the Door Gods.
So when THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN came to Taiwan & Shanghai, I wanted to create something new and special.
I also had my outfit made for our Opening Art Performance based on the Toby Door Good outfit!

GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK, & DUMB LUCK! Be careful for

GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK, & DUMB LUCK!

Be careful for what you WISH for, especially if you want that Lucky Rabbit’s Foot and you are a Bunny!

Life has been throwing me some curve balls, Good, Bad, and Ugly. It got me thinking about this OG Theme of mine.

DAMN YOU ALL!!! With all the craziness going on i

DAMN YOU ALL!!!

With all the craziness going on in the world, this felt like the right thing to post.

I’m juggling a lot of things professionally & personally, and so concerned what is happening in our nation & world, but trying to stay productive and surround myself with positive energy & love.

This painting was made after my cat, Stubby, was killed by a car a couple decades ago. And all I could think at the time was “damn you all.”

I’m so grateful for my two new lil kittens, my fur family around me and especially @lulasphinx

BEVERLY & FAIRFAX dine at LAKI RAMEN in our hood!

BEVERLY & FAIRFAX dine at LAKI RAMEN in our hood!
My kittens are starting to check out MIRACLE MILE near @lacma & @academymuseum & we took them to our neighborhood Japanese ramen joint @lakiramen !
The perfect combo of delicious & really cute signage and design! And everyone is really friendly, which is important especially now during these trying times!

WELCOME BEVERLY & FAIRFAX🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛

The Spirits of Blackie the Cat & Bosko brought me these two black kittens, a girl & a boy!!!

They were originally part of the FAB FIVE that @lulasphinx & I fostered for a month for @luxepaws .

After the tragedy of losing Bosko, the image of adopting two boys came into my head when it was the right time, so they could keep each other company.

But the spirits had a slightly different plan for me. Beverly, whose original name was Dahlia (which I still like) would always be the first to follow me, the first to jump on me and the first to purr!
I knew then I’d be adopting a girl. Fairfax seemed to follow his sister and loved to climb and play!
All of the Fab Five won my heart, but I couldn’t keep all five.

@lulasphinx came up with these kitty names, knowing how how important and personal they were to me. Beverly & Fairfax is a special street corner in the Fairfax District where I grew up, I went to Fairfax High, and Beverly is not just a boulevard but it’s the name of my favorite cousin, who I lost to cancer.

I’m excited and curious to where Lil Beverly & Lil Fairfax will take us !! They will study the Gospel of Blackie the Cat, and adventures of Bosko!

So please give them a warm welcome!

OUR FIVE FOSTER FAMILY!! @lulasphinx & I took care

OUR FIVE FOSTER FAMILY!!
@lulasphinx & I took care of these 5 rescued kittens found in a industrial basement in DTLA by @luxepaws for a month.
All of these babies have found homes thanks to @vera_duffy & @lolitamatsui

I needed to commemorate these 5 special kittens in my new sketchbook!

Is it HOT & MELTY for you today? Try to stay cool

Is it HOT & MELTY for you today?

Try to stay cool and enjoy the sweetness of summer!

DRAWING OFF INTO THE SUNSET! 🌞I had to capture

DRAWING OFF INTO THE SUNSET!

🌞I had to capture this beautiful CARMEL SUNSET!

📸Thank you @lulasphinx for the wild camera work!

💥TODAY’s NEW YORK TIMES!!! “Toymakers Team

💥TODAY’s NEW YORK TIMES!!!
“Toymakers Team Up With Artists for Tariff-Proof Toys”
💥A nice article in the @nytimes about how some big Toy & Game makes are collaborating with Top International Artists, @markryden @danielarsham & @takashipom The story features my big art projects, TOBY IS SWELL & @uno with @mattelcreations for @mattel 80th anniversary and my @wizards_magic @mtgsecretlair for @hasbro !

Thank you for the lovely photo @colinsuss
The Toy as Art exhibition took place at @coreyhelfordgallery

SUMMER NIGHTS!! Remembering this painting commiss

SUMMER NIGHTS!!

Remembering this painting commissioned for the @newyorkermag about Summer Screenings in Central Park. I love the LA version with @cinespia at @hwdforever & Jazz Nights at @lacma !!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD! And today is also my Pa

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD!
And today is also my Parent’s Wedding Anniversary!

I miss my parents everyday but they live deep in my heart.
They have an extraordinary LOVE STORY that occurred during the most HORRIFIC times of the 20th Century.

My Mother and Father first met at the end of WWII. They got married at the Linz-Bindermichel displacement camp in Austria, after surviving such unbelievable loss during the Holocaust. After both sets of my parent’s parents where murdered, and both their towns systematically mass murdered, they found LOVE, and were married for 63 years till my father passed.

They were immigrants who lost everything but found each other, and built a new life here in American and raised their children with a dream. The only reason America was great is because they accepted hard working immigrants into the fabric of this nation like my parents.❤️

POWER TO THE FELINE & THE PEOPLE! My parents were

POWER TO THE FELINE & THE PEOPLE!

My parents were immigrants who survived one of the most horrific events in mankind and was able to create a new life here in America.
249 years ago, the US kicked out their last king. Until recently, America represented Democracy and Freedom around the world. America represented Hope. As it says on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

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