We had a lot of fun in LA! The people were nice, the art was amazing, the food was yummy, and we feel lucky to have been a part of it! Check out Eric’s Blog about the show>>
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We just finished a new series of paintings in honor of the changing seasons. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…. If your in LA November 3 – January 13 stop by the Japanese-American National Museum to see them in person. Enjoy!

We’re invited to be a part of Giant Robot Biennale 50 issues Art Exhibit at Japanese-American National Museum in LA . We’ll be showing about 20-30 paintings and sculptures from previous shows lent to us from our generous fans and friends plus a few new works as well. If your in LA Nov 3rd – Jan 13th please stop by. Hope to see you at the opening reception from 6-10pm on Nov. 3rd. It’s going to be really fun!

“The Biennale’s works will range from Pryor Praczukowski’s cinematic photography to David Choe’s graffiti-like murals. The pieces in between include panels by leading indie-comics artist Adrian Tomine and the pop culture inspired works of Seonna Hong, Gary Baseman, APAK, Souther Salazar, and Saelee Oh. Sashie Masakatsu’s oil paintings reflect the nostalgia of pop culture-influenced youth while Eishi Takaoka’s sculptures can dominate a room with their meditative presence.”

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We want to thank some of the owners of our original paintings for lending their pieces for this exhibition. Thank you very much for your help and support!

-Apak ( ._. )( ._. )

This is probably the first time to write about our personal life here… Here is the picture of our kids, Ocho and Peanut. Check out Ocho playing a piano on Youtube.
Peanut is not quite ready to play his part, but he will soon…

We did a hedgehog family painting for Carla in San Francisco. Thanks, Carla! Hope you enjoy it for a long time…

p.s. Thanks for many requests for commission work. We have many people waiting on our list and need to catch up now! We probably can’t take any more until year 2009, but we’ll let you know when we’re ready for more. Thank you for your interest…

We have 2 pieces for this awesome group show “Snack Isle” at Giant Robot NY!

We illustrated a dream by Brenda, a girl from Mexico for a book of kids dreams collected by Roger Omar. What a sweet dream it is!

WHEN I WAS A MINIATURE
A witch put a spell on me saying “You will turn into a miniature for a year, but you will get back to normal if someone falls in love with you. If during that year nobody loves you, you will stay as a miniature forever”. The next days I was a tiny miniature. I lived hard experiences: I almost got crushed or caught. I didn´t know where to sleep and a very nice ant invited me to sleep at the anthill, fed me and said to me “You are very pretty”. The ant confessed to be in love with me. I said “I am a human being that a witch turned into a miniature, and I will get back to normal when someone falls in love with me. That is the reason that I am tiny and pretty”. Then I got back to normal. When I woke up I said “I will take care of the ants”.

I made 20 new paintings for my own solo show!
Opens August 3rd 2007, 6-9pm (runs all month)

Grass Hut Gallery
811 e. Burnside
Portland, Oregon
97214
(503) 445-9924

Statement: The one thing I try not to forget before doing the laundry is checking my husband Aaron’s pockets. All his pockets are always filled with many little things… all types of twigs, rocks, plants, old screws, nuts, balls of fuzz, receipts, post-it notes, coins, dirt, broken piece of plastic, small metal parts, candy wrappers, toys, stickers, business cards, flyers…etc. In contrast, my pockets are usually empty and I feel sort of envious of his collection. But I do have a secret pocket that I keep non-objects, my imagination. I hide the secret pocket around my belly to keep it quite safe. This is where my soul curls up and takes a nap to dream. In this show you get a chance to peak at the world of my secret pocket. I hope you enjoy it!

I did a series of gouache paintings on paper based on a little zine I did called Imagination Machine…

Imagination machines are funny little gizmos that pop in and out of our tangible world. They’re our allies, able to help us, guide us, and surprise us. They are a link to the metaphysical world with the power to direct energy which flows like a stream just beneath the surface of our perception like the current of the universe.

Opens August 3rd, 6-9pm (runs all month)

MOSHI MOSHI
Japanese toys, cute stuff, apparel & art gallery
503 233-3993
811 E. Burnside
Portland, OR
97214
Open Wednesday – Sunday, Noon to 7pm

We did a birdhouse with Happy Hermits for Grasshut’s new show “The New Birds”
Bird themed art by over 30 artists to benefit Portland’s Audubon Society. Pictures by Scrappers!

Tree Show III at GRSF, July 14 – August 8
Reception: Saturday, July 14, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Giant Robot in San Francisco was kind enough to invite us to their third annual Tree Show! Tree inspired art by over 40 artists to benefit San Francisco’s Friends of the Urban Forest.

We were invited to Gallery Hanahou’s group show Summer Sanctuary in New York with Chris Long, IMAKETHINGS, Lotie, Marcus Oakley, Team Macho, and Yuka Katagiri. Escape the city heat to a collection of unusual oases, where mosquitoes are unknown and artists are your tour guides…

You can purchase paintings and prints at Gallery Hanahou’s shop. Thank you!