All of my paintings are an expression of a fascination with light in dark places.  As I worked my way through the koi series, I pared down until only parts of the fish were seen fleetingly as they swam off the edges of the paintings--glimmers of light passing through a watery darkness.  Since 2003 I have been painting the varying blue waters of swimming pools.  What all the paintings share is a sense of stillness and mystery.  The more time spent with them, the more there is to see.

Korean-born artist David Choong Lee's intricate mixed-media paintings and collages merge photorealistic elements with graphic design and patterns to develop his own unique style. He draws from a classical figural style which he juxtaposes with vibrant graffiti elements. The San Francisco-based artist has been shown in galleries throughout California, as well as New York, Portland, Canada, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

For 25 years now, I have worked as a singular,  studio fine artist, my interests ranging from painting, to drawing, printmaking, encaustic, collage and photography.
ALL media explored are absolutely interdependent within my creative process.

Early in my career, my figurative work was often labeled "3rd Generation Bay Area Figurative;"
since 1999, this is no longer the case.  My exploration of the figure has become highly idiosyncratic 
and conceptually experimental.

Private drawing sessions with female models is a vital practice to the gestalt of my work.
This collaborative ritual, begun in 1994, is a source for inner grounding, focusing and allowing
eureka moments to bubble to the surface.

At present, I describe my work as eclectic and highly autobiographical. I define myself
as a versatile visual artist, continuously pushing boundaries, evolving via success and
challenges, to give meaning to my creative existence.

I am showing in SOMA with photographer, Gwen Fuller and abstract painter, Rick Fisher:

My photography shows what I see in my daily life. I try my best to look for offbeat, Americana, or anything that strikes me as odd or different. 

I am showing in SOMA with photographer, Mark Toal and abstract painter, Rick Fisher:

My limited-edition, signed, photographic and mixed-media images, are printed on paper or aluminum, and fall into two categories:

First, my botanical series, combines my love of nature with my passion for music. 

Second, my painterly series, presents fine-art prints of my original acrylic and mixed-media abstracts.

Seeing a bit of nature like an odd seed pod or a bright autumn leaf, my impulse is to pick it up and bring it home so I can keep it and study it.  This means my room gets full of crumbly little bits of dusty brown things that aren't at all what first caught my eye, so I try to capture an image of the flower bud or acorn to keep forever, making a portrait of it before it fades away. 

I paint in watercolors, but in an unusual method where transparent colors are layered atop one another to get a realistic effect.  In a typical painting, there may be two to six layers of paint, with the upper layers applied in a "dry" manner, usually using pretty damned small brushes.  It can take a long time to finish a painting; luckily my subjects are mostly on the small side and very good at sitting still.

Erick Vera is a figurative sculptor who lives and works in San Francisco. He spent the last 20 years working in the tech industry in the bay area. His work in tech has shaped and inspired his constant examination of the human form through a variety of media from clay to edible materials.

His current work is an exploration of what lies beneath the surface of our skin and how we are all different types of machines. There are forces that drive us and those forces shape us. When we work, there is an engine within us that drives forward the gears of industry. At rest we allow nature to penetrate and imbue us with living force. We become machines of earth and water. As he recreates the human form he tries to reflect not only muscle and sinew but drive and momentum as well.

Born in Peru, raised in Canada

Lives and works in San Francisco