JOZ (Just Outside the Zone)

Loves 'Em and 'Leaves' 'Em: The Art of Huang

From piano prodigy to abstract artist, Yanyan Huang has new work on display at UCLA.

For a person still in college, Yanyan Huang, like a cat, has already lived a few lives. When the UCLA painting major was a little girl, she was constantly in the spotlight growing up in Salt Lake City, where she had become something of a piano prodigy. By the age of 15, she was an Irvine high-schooler, finding her melodies and rhythms as a fine artist. Since entering college, her paintings have evolved into something more abstract, as various writers (Burroughs, who inspired her official web site's URL) and artists (Duffy, DeChirico, Hartung, Doig) have helped her expand her imagination. Her work, titled "Leaves," is currently on display in the art office of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center at UCLA in neighboring Westwood. Huang will …

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The Artist's Studio: Alex Stenzel

PaliPatch talked to the German-born painter and photographer about his art and his inspirations.

Let resident artist Alex Stenzel give you a tour of his studio and his art...

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From Willie Nelson to Willy Wonka ...The Art of Richards

Artist Robert E. Richards, who grew up on Mount Holyoke Avenue and attended Pali Elementary and PaliHi, discusses how the Palisades factors into his pop art.

Robert E. Richards knows how to have fun on canvas. His paintings, teeming with pop-culture references, are like Cyndi Lauper's girls: They just want to have fun. Currently showing at the Norbertellen Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles with another exhibit opening there Feb. 5, Richards put down his brushes and tubes of oil paint long enough to chat with PaliPatch. Pacific Palisades Patch: What medium are the pieces you sent me in and what year were they painted?  Robert E. Richards: "The paintings that I sent you were all painted in 2010 and are oil on canvas. The self portrait is acrylic on canvas and from 2009. I switched to oils last summer. Patch: Your paintings are pretty whimsical and pop culture oriented. What determines what will …

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