“Unsound Ecology”

Devon T.S. Tsuno

Los Angeles is always described as a city of sprawl. But it is also a massively layered city that is growing amidst an unsound ecology -- people battling for space via hostile takeovers resulting in violent concussive movements.  We Angelenos, like Robert Duvall’s army officer in Apocalypse Now, breath in deeply and say “Someday this war’s gonna end…”

Existing and adjusting to this environment requires, a meditative calm, with a decisive train of thought, which results in an unwavering sense of home.  These modes of observation, recollection, and thought, dictate how I choose to paint.  It is living in the world of Los Angeles that interests me.

Biography

Born in 1980 in Los Angeles.

Educated at Claremont (MFA) & Cal State Long Beach (BFA).

Studio in Echo Park. Lives in Highland Park / Mt.Washington

Adjunct faculty at Cal State Long Beach, University of La Verne, Cypress College & CSSSA@ Cal Arts teaching painting, drawings, color theory.

On an above average day I trek across the city at night on my bike, fly fish at the L.A. River and enjoying a cold Mt.Dew.