Lark Pien:  I Love You A Little

February 11th - March 8th, 2009
Opening reception:  Sunday, February 15th, 2-6 pm

Oakland artist and cartoonist Lark Pien has been hard at work, creating a vast menagerie of adorable characters for this show.  This is the largest assemblage of her work ever--over 150 pieces (most under $200):  dozens of tiny oil paintings and watercolors, comics, sketches, even video!  The show also includes The Neighbors Project, where fellow artists pick one of Lark's 4" x 4" paintings and do their own take on it; the guest artists include Trevor Alixopulos, Andrice Arp, Rina Ayuyang, Vanessa Davis, Brian Kaas, Paul Maes, Mark Miyake, Thien Pham, Jesse Reklaw, Joey Sayers and Jen Wang.  On the eve of the publication of her new book, "Long Tail Kitty," which comes out March 4th, this is a great chance to check out a true Bay Area talent and the fun, often poignant world she's created.  Pictures of Lark's oil paintings are below; click View Slideshow at the top of the grid of images to get more info about each piece (size, price).  Click here to see the watercolors, plus some Neighbors Project pieces.