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Tim Burton

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Tim Burton

Yea, it’s Friday!

This past Monday, I saw the Tim Burton exhibit at LACMA. Amazing! Inspiring! Crowded! Way crowded!

I can’t wait to see it again, with much less of a crowd. Though I have not been a big fan of his work, I left feeling inspired. I came home and started a whole new series of Little Girls called Blown UP. I’m so excited on working on this series; I’m almost finished with the first piece and have already started the second.

The piece here is titled “Clown Baby (set)”. Soon after leaving home to attend UC Berkeley, I came across Keith Haring’s work for the first time; my artistic eyes’ changed. It was the start of my journey as an artist. I loved his simplicity, his colors, and his message.

"One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

This is exactly how I felt leaving the museum. I felt newness, like my work would never be the same. How beautiful to feel such fresh emotion. As an artist, once inspired, we never see life from the same perspective.

I’m fired up!

May you out into our world with new eyes, feeling excited and inspired!