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Aaron Nather lives in Pasadena, California with his wife, daughter, and two dogs. Aaron creates his otherworldly characters and their surreal environments late at night in his home studio, where radioactive paint rains from tiny clouds floating overhead and octopus tentacles tickle his toes through the floorboards.

My Interests

art & design, pattern recognition, psychic immunization, building something out of nothing, showing not telling, waking dreams, moleskine notebooks

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"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do." -Dr Seuss

Music:

Godspeed You Black Emperor, TV on the Radio, Xiu Xiu, Sonic Youth, Deerhoof, Sleater Kinney, Modest Mouse, CocoRosie, Lou Barlow, Nick Drake, Blonde Redhead, Daniel Johnston, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., Belle & Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Architecture in Helsinki, Built to Spill, Cat Power, Elliot Smith, Architecture in Helsinki, Karen O, COIL

Movies:

Donnie Darko, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Tron, American Beauty, Fight Club, Blade Runner, Alien, Cheburashka, Wings of Desire, David Cronenberg, Peter Greenaway, Wim Wenders, Fantastic Planet, David Fincher, Sweet Movie, Alfonso Cuarón, Pan's Labyrinth

Television:

Heroes, 24, Lost, Dexter, The First 48, The Daily Show, Lain: Serial Experiments, Project Runway, the car-wreck American Idol episodes

Books:

Kurt Vonnegut, JD Salinger, William Gibson, Dr. Seuss, Battle Royale, Cat's Cradle, Children of Men, Bluebeard, Camus

Heroes:

Miyoko & Phoebe

My Blog

Works Available - Only One Weekend Left at Thinkspace Gallery!

There are several amazing works still available for purchase at killer prices by all your favorite Dorks and Flickr friends. Give Andrew and Shawn a call at Thinkspace if you're interested. They do a ...
Posted by Crickskipper on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:23:00 PST

New Paintings by Aaron in the Art Dorks / Thinkspace Show This Friday

This Friday, and throughout the month of June, I will have seven paintings hanging at the Art Dorks Collective group exhibition at Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles. The show will feature new works fr...
Posted by Crickskipper on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:43:00 PST

New Paintings by Aaron Nather at GARDENfresh Gallery

Aaron is pleased to present five new paintings in an exhibition entitled "Soot Covered Reverie," opening Friday, June 1 at GARDENfresh Gallery in Chicago. The show will also feature new work by David ...
Posted by Crickskipper on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:31:00 PST

Three New Prints Now Available.

Click here to visit BlueFlip Art to purchase.I'm happy to offer these giclée prints of my artwork through BlueFlip Art. A portion of each sale goes to The Alliance for Childrens Rights, which protects...
Posted by Crickskipper on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:58:00 PST

New Aaron Nather Website

Click here to visit my shiny new site!With the new setup, it's way easier to update with news, events, and new artwork. I'm still flowing in the site content, so it will fill out even more in the comi...
Posted by Crickskipper on Sun, 20 May 2007 11:29:00 PST