

I grew up on the Vic20 and Commodore 64. Jumpman, Archon, and Ultima were classics, but my favorites were Impossible Mission, Questron and Modem Wars.


"The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious." - Lester Bangs


Technically, I've had my work shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the calligraphy I did for Ambac's 25th anniversary party that took place in the Egyptian room.


"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain


I grew up in Baton Rouge and have lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn, LA, San Francisco, Oakland, and Honolulu. Currently residing in LA.


During my prolific high school basketball career, I had my own Kuo fan club. I averaged half a point per game.



"The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it." - Edward Albee


Some of the best things I've eaten. Tripe sandwiches, street vendor, Florence. Coco Puffs, Liliha Bakery, Honolulu. Cuban sandwich, Chez Henri, Boston. Yams, Moonlight Cafe, Baton Rouge. Foie gras, D'artagnan, New York. Meatloaf, Cafe 8 1/2, Honolulu. Salmon burgers, Chef Chung.


"Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting." - Jackson Pollock


During my visit to Taiwan, I was constantly mistaken for a famous pop singer from a band called IPIS. Judge for yourself.
"I don't have to know the answer." - Richard Feynman


My childhood dream was to become a Dungeons & Dragons illustrator.


"Come up with a sentence that has never been said before in the entire history of language...Give me back my fudge suitcase!" - Ray Romano


I was a budding rapper in high school. For the first time available to the public, download the exclusive demo My Pumps right here. (recorded around age 15)


"It became a habit of mine never to leave the house without making sure I had a pencil in my pocket." - Paul Auster


My favorite work of art is still Romare Bearden's The Block. It used to be on regular display at the Met, and I would spend hours moving from detail to detail.


"You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site." - Frank Lloyd Wright


I learned more from the off-road spin at the bottom of magic mountain at Buttonwillow than the 100-odd clean laps I've done to date.


"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams


"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." - Richard Bach


Some of the weirdest things I've eaten. Rum-flavored potato chips, Germany, considering I was 12 and expecting sumthin salty. Chicken ball soup, Taipei. Yes, with real chicken nuts - bursty little sacs. Opihi, Hawaii. Not uncommon there, but it's the only thing I've eaten alive, still pulsating as it entered my mouth. Battery acid. I was 6. Very sharp to the tongue.


"To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense!" - Pablo Picasso
I won the L.S.U. Student Art Competition while just a sophomore. Well, it was really cool at the time, considering I was competing against seniors and graduate students.


I don't know how Parsons chose the buildings for student housing, but my next door neighbor was some greasy old white dude with porn literally covering every inch of his walls and two doors to the right we all figured was a pimp from the two crackwhores he was always with.




Brain age: 20.



