Postcards are Fun.

One day, during high school years, I got a postcard from my classmate.

The message was pretty simple. I didn't really understand why she sent it to me.

And we sat next to each other at school all day. There was no mentioning of this.

But it seemed mysteriously fun, so I got her address from our homeroom list and I wrote her a postcard.


It felt weirdly satisfying for some reason. I just documented 2 minutes of my thoughts and sent it out to the world, openly to whoever saw it in the postal process.

Sometimes I wrote a quote I overheard from strangers, and occasionally, I drew.

It became a thing we did between friends. It grew from 2 to 5, to whoever wants to join in on this. I would always have stamps and an address book with me wherever I went.

I wrote it on a bus.

I sent it from any trip I went on.

I once wrote a message on a note pad and put a stamp on it. Thai Postal Service was so amazing that they put that flimsy piece of paper in a clear plastic sleeve and delivered it to my friend.

Most of my school friends aren't native to Bangkok(myself, included), so I got postcards from different parts of the country when we went on break. It was such a fun surprise every time something showed up in the mail.

We all had cellphones, we texted, we talked, but this was a fun thing that went on for a while.

Sadly, this is what I do now.

But not all is lost!

Ryan and I recently took a trip to Europe. I thought it was a good time to bring back my old crazy hobby.

These are all handmade postcards. I tried to paint on location as much as I could.

But winter in Italy was still pretty freaking cold!






I drew this on a paper table cloth at our last dinner in Rome. We were constantly lost, so this summed up our time in Italy pretty well without additional message.

Wow, this post is soooooo long. If you have read it this far, you all deserve a hug from Ryan.

Conscious Chemistry

Thailand Flood Relief Fundraiser Art Auction and Sale

Maybe you have already heard about the recent Flooding crisis in Thailand and other part of South East Asia. The damage has left thousands dead and 100's of thousands homeless or short on food. Damage has been estimated in the billions.

Some of you know that I grew up in Thailand. While my family is safe, the in-land flood swept away many places that made up fond memories of my childhood.

My friend Chris Mitchell of Q Pop Shop is nice enough to put together a "Thailand Flood Relief Fundraiser Art Auction and sale" event. It's happening this Saturday Jan. 14th at 128 Astronaut E S Onizuka St, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

The event goes from 7pm-11pm. It features artwork donated by artists from Disney's Vis Dev and Story Department, and also our friends at Dreamworks Animation, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Rough Draft Studios, and many more.

Hope to see you there!

Here are our participating pieces:

Prof. Rabbit Rabbitson by Ryan Green
pen, marker, colored pencil on paper
4x6 in.


Whale at Sea by Fawn Veerasunthorn
gouache on paper
4x6 in.

What If...

This Saturday, Gallery Nucleus will be having the opening reception for two shows: "The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me: A Jim Henson Tribute Exhibition" and "What If..."

Fawn and I will each have a small 4"x6" piece in the "What If..." show.  We'll be there around 7pm.  Come hang out!

"What If There Were Really Plenty of Other Fish in the Sea" by Fawn Veerasunthorn.

"What If I Only Had a Brain" by Ryan Green.

Kitty Pic

I painted this for a friend. She has a tiny miniature cat, so I thought it would be very clever to paint her a gigantic cat. Ok, maybe it's not that clever of an idea, and the cat isn't even red.

No cats are red.

Oh man, what was I thinking...
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Well, Happy Birthday!


3.5x3.5 in. Gouache on paper.

It Rained Yesterday

It rained all weekend actually. I had some Gouache left on my palette, so I did this quick painting.

Post-CTN update coming soon! I think:)

Haruki Tanuki Offers Sake to a Pretty Lady

This time, with smaller balls.  Since he's a shapeshifter in the mythology, I assume he can inflate and deflate them as needed.

Tanooki Mario

So, this article caught my attention today. Apparently PETA members are upset with Mario cuz they think he watched "The Silence of the Lambs" too many times, skinned a tanuki, and wore the fur as a full-body suit. I've seen that costume at the furry store, and let me tell you...it's totally synthetic. Either way, it appears tanukis are dealing with the drama perfectly well:

Mamma mia!

Trouble with Indecisiveness

I am annoyingly indecisive about tiny little things. Making dinner plan with me goes kinda like this.




Or shopping...



It could go on for hours.

So last couple weeks I was faced with a difficult choice. I had been working on a painting for Ryan's sister. It's her extra-bonus-track wedding gift.

I painted two of the similar ones:
#1

I like it, but it's hard to see the contrast in the dim lighting.

So I look at painting #2 I made.
More contrast here, but I still really like the birds in #1, and the texture, and, and, and... I couldn't make up my mind -_-'
That was 10 days of me obsessively asking Ryan about his opinion (and combating it, then asking for more opinion.) I did follow Ryan's thought at the end on this one, and I think it was a good choice.

I guess I should take him to Islands.

Time

I cleaned my plate of boards a half-hour before the next assignment was handed to me!!  For that half-hour, I was fully caught up, owed nothing to anyone, and I think I saw behind the curtains of the universe.  (There's actually just a bunch of dust and a handful of old brooms back there.  Nothing exciting, really.)

By the way...Fawn and I will be at the CTN Animation Expo on Saturday from 10am to noon.  Find us at the Disney Animation booth if you'd like to show your portfolio, chat, or have a staring contest or something.