All That Jazz

Biographies of Lance Myers reveal that he has been a professional artist, writer and animator for 25 years, with his animation appearing in feature films like Space Jam, Anastasia, Quest for Camelot, Prince of Egypt and Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly. He has published essays, and has written and directed short subject films for HBO, MTV, Adult Swim and PBS.

- By John O'Hern

A Syntax in Bloom, oil on canvas, 28 x 21"

They don't always mention his being a founder and frontman for the band Gals Panic, that sometimes practiced in a flower shop, and that he picks up odd bugs when walking his dog. Rachel Stephens, partner at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Texas, comments, “Lance Myers' work evokes the Flemish flower paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries, embracing the hedonistic lushness of the natural world and creating an atmosphere that feels luxurious as well as taboo.” I told him that when I look at his often 4-foot by 3-foot paintings, I expect to find something perverse if I look close enough.

Aren't You a Song, oil on canvas, 48 x 36"