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About Me

I paint. A lot.

Sometimes, when all the layers fall away, and the earth picks up our skin and puts it back where it used to be, it becomes wholly obvious of the idea of how we once sat. We were never really here until we believed we were here, and we become undone when we believe it goes no further.

"Most of our diseases, he says, emerge not from real injuries or germs, but from the deep-seated need to be groomed by our fellow naked apes. This isn't to say that there are no real physical diseases. There are. But we would do well to look carefully into their origins." -- B. Warner

My Interests

Abstract thought.Mischief. Self-Awareness. Existence.The human condition. People. Faces. The Zodiac. Donkeys. French culture.the Beats...Coffee and Tea.
Hard muthafuckin Times Cafe.

I'd like to meet:

"Piotr"

Music:

Devendra Banhart, TOM WAITS, Radiohead, The Books, Mercury Rev, P.O.S, Neutral Milk Hotel, TV on the Radio, DEVOTCHKA, Regina.... the list goes on.

Movies:

A Very Long Engagement. Amelie.The City of Lost Children. Delicatessen.
Ghost Dog.
Triplets of Belleville. Waking Life. Baron Munchausen. The Wizard of Oz. Return to Oz. Dark City. AMERICAN SPLENDOR. The Labyrinth.And soooo much more.

Television:

Spare me the commercials or put it on DVD.

Books:

"What I wouldn't give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds."
David Mitchell
Paulo Coelho
Brautigan again, and again
Saint-Exupery
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.
Kero-WHACK.
Tommy darn Robbins
and, Yann Martel.

Heroes:

My Blog

Blanket

Told you guys I'd finish it. :)...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:14:00 PST

"The City"

In in the month of February, I unknowingly invented a style of animation that digitally mimicked the paint-on-glass style of animation originally pioneered by Caroline Leaf.In the month of May, I com...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:40:00 PST

cheeky.

Oh, my.The current state of popular music can give itself a D.R.E....
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:50:00 PST

Septembre en attendant

"Clem": acrylic and newspaperSUMMER BREAK IS ALMOST HERE.
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:36:00 PST

posession

You don't own anything but your own mind. Anything beyond that, you've surrendered. It's still your mind. CLUTTER YOUR LIFE. Scientists still don't know just exactly what happens inside of a c...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:00:00 PST

COFFEE STAIN COMICKS!

It's FINALLY finished.My submission for the Lutefisk Sushi Volume B Show... Coffee Stain Comicks: Issue #1 http://www.livejournal.com/users/eleventyseven/326102.htmlCo pies are availible for print... $...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:05:00 PST

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Well it seems I have nothing better to do... so it's long overdue for an art update. I have good memories of creating this piece. My mom's dog is awesome. Probably the biggest reason I love that do...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:30:00 PST

Beware, sketchpost ahead...

AND NOW, for a wild dive into my sketchbook! Welcome to this world... where buildings twist like angelhair noodles... and whales shout canine-like obscenities... and references to bad Steven King ...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:33:00 PST

Art Postification

I'm doing this because I'm amazingly bored and this DVD is going to take at least an hour to burn. So, in the meantime.... enjoy some pictures! This one is called: being very bored with ...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Art Post

Yeah, I stole this idea from Rae. Here's a bunch of my shit: (it's all either acrylic, ink, or photoshop.) Ok. That was a bit much. ...
Posted by Nik Arnoldi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST