Opening Reception
Friday July 3, 2009
8:00-11:00 pm

Dale Sizer paints homages to classic retro themes, particularly drawing on his childhood fascination with all things tropical to create mash-ups of Polynesian pop and pulp romance. Rough-and-tumble, lovelorn ladies gaze from mid-century houses and dangerous vixens hang out in front of the Space Needle. Sizer, a resident of Los Angeles, is also obsessed with vintage show business. Images of old and tawdry tinsel town shape the esthetic of his pop-culture paintings. From the sexy, vintage pinup to the darkly nostalgic film noir, Hollywood’s glamorous pop icons mold Dale’s cartoonish visions. Sizer’s background in the animation departments of Hanna Barbera, Warner Brothers, Disney and Film Roman have influenced his recent acrylic on metal flake vinyl portraits of dogs, dames and deserts.

Miles Thompson has cultivated his inspirations from his home state of California’s history and culture with specific interest in its abundant natural resources and unique inherent beauty within. His works draw from the myriad of inhabitants living here regardless of species or nationality, a deep love of surf and comic culture, and macabre supernatural Mexican pulp roots. With surfers, girls, tikis, cartoon characters and hobos as his cast of characters, Thompson’s work is quite a ride for the senses. A lifelong surfer who grew up in the Californian sun and Pacific waters of the cowboy coast, Thompson has lived in coastal Orange County, Tijuana adjacent San Diego and Los Angeles. Coming out of the character animation program at CalArts, Miles eventually went on to do various shorts for Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival, and since has worked on television shows for Nickelodeon, Disney, Film Roman and Warner Brothers.

La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm.

Not all of the works to be presented in this show are currently available for preview. Final price, size and media information will be available for the entire exhibition on Friday, July 3rd.

Please contact the gallery director with want-list inquiries and artwork reservation requests.