Peter chan

Peter Chan works in the animation industry as a concept artist and is a neighbor to the shop and gallery. He’s often seen walking his dog Henry wearing a hoody. His recent body of works captures his plein air art in a style that’s his own. The brush strokes are tedious and at the same time appear blocky. The colors are pastel and light, but capture sensitive moments. Giant Robot: How does working at an huge company in animation affect your art? I work with a lot of artists who work in…

Peter Chan works in the animation industry as a concept artist and is a neighbor to the shop and gallery. He’s often seen walking his dog Henry wearing a hoody. His recent body of works captures his plein air art in a style that’s his own. The brush strokes are tedious and at the same time appear blocky. The colors are pastel and light, but capture sensitive moments. Giant Robot: How does working at an huge company in animation affect your art? I work with a lot of artists who work in…

My small vintage car series for my show this weekend at the Giant Robot gallery LA~

“Fishies~ 🐠🐠🐠 gouache on paper, 2017.”

Yeah, this is a movie and not a video game, but a lot of people who worked on the film have been doing loads of stuff in video games recently (or came from video games). Plus, pretty much everything here looks incredible and amazing, so indulge me.

Painted a big one of this but it just didn't feel right, so went back and finished the original study. Some paintings are just better smaller... #Yakult

“Some oldie painting of LA streets~”

Peter Chan, Los Angeles

Peter Chan's latest oil paintings explore superstition, tradition and identity in Asia.