20 Questions With Tim Lahan
Based in Oakland, California, Tim Lahan moves between commissioned illustration work and a studio practice centered on painting and drawing.
His client list spans Apple, Nike, The New Yorker, Hermès, Island Records, Sub Pop, Gap, Kenzo, Harry's, LUSH, Google, and The New York Times.
His work has shown in galleries across the US and internationally in China and South Korea.
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We asked Tim 20 questions...
1. What is your earliest memory?
Getting rocked to sleep
2. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"You know?"
3. What is your greatest extravagance?
Buying records
4. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Surviving without having a "job"
5. If you could go back and speak to your teenage self, what would you say?
"Stay weird"
6. What keeps you awake at night?
My dog attacking the blankets every time I roll over
7. Which talent would you most like to have?
Mathematics
8. What has been your biggest waste of time?
Scrolling
9. Which celebrity do you most dislike?
Impossible to pick just one
10. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Total quiet outside, painting in my bathrobe
11. If you lost everything tomorrow, what would you miss most?
My record collection
12. What smell takes you back to childhood?
Cool Water cologne
13. What's the one artwork/photograph you wish you had created?
"The Blank Cheque" by Rene Magritte
14. Which piece of your own work is either overrated or underrated?
Anything with a chain link fence in it
15. What subject matter are you afraid to explore in your work?
Happiness
16. What do you see when you look at your earliest work?
Not bad
17. What's the cruelest criticism your work has ever received?
Early on, someone killed a commission because they were offended by how rough my sketches looked
18. When do you feel like a fraud?
Mondays
19. What subject have you photographed or painted too many times?
Smiley face
20. What do you hope people don't notice in your work?
That it usually doesn't take very much time to make
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