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paid a visit to this small tuning shop in yokohama and walked in as he was swapping a 20v 4age into an ae101 hatch for a customer, with shelves of heads and blocks in stock around him

i made my way from central tokyo to renowned AE86 shop expert OZ in atsugi from central tokyo in march 2023.

the owners were suprised to learn that i walked 30 minutes from the station and were very accomodating, showing me cars that were hiding under covers from the recent rain and chatting briefly about how they were set up and explaining the extensive custom work that went into these builds that had been with the shop for a long time.

looking forward to paying them another visit!

“Strength In Numbers (Bunny Avalanche)” 12 x 12 inches acrylic gouache on board 2023

If you are interested in buying this original painting, please contact [email protected] !

Kozy - We sent this painting off to be in an exhibition at COREY HELFORD GALLERY in Los Angeles. 

Bunnies have been a recurring character in our artwork since the very first year of our career working together.  Dan sketched up this illustration in December as the year of the Tiger (2022) was drawing to a close, and the year of the Rabbit (2023) was about to begin so as to commemorate this new lunar year, as well as “celebrate the power of cooperation to overcome daunting odds!” (Those are his words, I think he just wanted to draw more rabbits for all you @kozyndan rabbit fans out there!). 

This work was made using the same process as the “California Bunnywave” - Dan drew the lines and colored it just how he imagined the final art to look in Procreate and then printed that illustration for me to trace the basic lines onto a 12 x 12 inch cradled board and then paint with acrylic gouache. I got use my new toy, a little USB chargeable airbrush, again for this painting. This is now my second time using an airbrush and its been fun to explore the new tool as I used it to make the snow in this painting. I tried to stick close to what Dan imagined and just got lost in the process - figuring our how to make the snow, and then all the brush painted lifework afterwards. Its actually a quite meditative process for me - and I find myself listening to a lot of meditative sort of podcasts and music while I do this kind of painting process. It was a lovely way to finish out the year! The “Art Collector Starter Kit” exhibition opened January 28th, 2023.Happy new Year to Everyone!!! 

今日から在宅勤務になりました。

仕事終わりに運動不足にならないように家の前の公園を散歩。