Lewie JPD
Quick Qs
CURRENTLY WEARING: shorts, shirt I made w sleeves cut off and things stuck on, bare feet
NECESSITIES: daily swim in ocean after yog and walk, two flat whites after swim
CHILDHOOD: challenging, trouble with authority, dreamer, loner
FAVE COLOURS: blues, then yellow
UNDER THE BED: you don't want to know
PARADISE: By the beach
DYING MEAL: won't matter much - but I do love watermelon!
COLLECTIONS: comics, poker chips, film scripts, books, artworks, my journals from last 33 years
INFLUENCES: hockney, basquiat, guston, picasso, dali, shrigley, rushcha, whitely...
FAVOURITE QUOTE: did I say that?
NECESSITIES: daily swim in ocean after yog and walk, two flat whites after swim
CHILDHOOD: challenging, trouble with authority, dreamer, loner
FAVE COLOURS: blues, then yellow
UNDER THE BED: you don't want to know
PARADISE: By the beach
DYING MEAL: won't matter much - but I do love watermelon!
COLLECTIONS: comics, poker chips, film scripts, books, artworks, my journals from last 33 years
INFLUENCES: hockney, basquiat, guston, picasso, dali, shrigley, rushcha, whitely...
FAVOURITE QUOTE: did I say that?
Lewie JPD has been making his art since forever ago.
He graduated from National Art School with a double major in Painting and Photography.
He has lived and worked in Sydney, Tokyo and Los Angeles as a writer, performer, painter and illustrator.
His pieces have appeared in Good Weekend, Playboy (US), JAL inflight magazine, Popeye (Japan) and B&W.
Clients include Sony, EMI, BayFM, Magazine House and Channel Ten.
Other creative roles he has had include; radio and TV show host, short and documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, animator, comic artist, zine editor, teacher and stand up comedian. (Basically, tried everything fun he could think of.)
He now enjoys painting, writing and making comics full time. His output is prolific.
To date he has had 24 solo exhibitions, won some awards and modest acclaim. There is no long list of past glories - bla bla bla - they are just words - the dude likes to live in the present and lets the art speak for itself.
His works are enjoyed across the globe in galleries and private collections from Byron Bay to Malmo, Sweden*.
* He once dated a girl from Malmo, named Annika. She was really special. He sometimes wishes he never broke up with her. She has one of his paintings. Hopefully she hasn't burn it. Not that the break up was on bad terms. Like he was mean to her or anything. Or cheated. No, it was more or less mutual. But still, Sweden, right? Winters get pretty cold there.
He graduated from National Art School with a double major in Painting and Photography.
He has lived and worked in Sydney, Tokyo and Los Angeles as a writer, performer, painter and illustrator.
His pieces have appeared in Good Weekend, Playboy (US), JAL inflight magazine, Popeye (Japan) and B&W.
Clients include Sony, EMI, BayFM, Magazine House and Channel Ten.
Other creative roles he has had include; radio and TV show host, short and documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, animator, comic artist, zine editor, teacher and stand up comedian. (Basically, tried everything fun he could think of.)
He now enjoys painting, writing and making comics full time. His output is prolific.
To date he has had 24 solo exhibitions, won some awards and modest acclaim. There is no long list of past glories - bla bla bla - they are just words - the dude likes to live in the present and lets the art speak for itself.
His works are enjoyed across the globe in galleries and private collections from Byron Bay to Malmo, Sweden*.
* He once dated a girl from Malmo, named Annika. She was really special. He sometimes wishes he never broke up with her. She has one of his paintings. Hopefully she hasn't burn it. Not that the break up was on bad terms. Like he was mean to her or anything. Or cheated. No, it was more or less mutual. But still, Sweden, right? Winters get pretty cold there.
'Invest in Dreams' short doco about Lewie JPD
made for TVS by Subash Guram in 2011
P.S
This is where you will find him.
Fully immersed.
Fully immersed.