about

Dove Lain (they them) creates fantasy scenes dense in symbolic imagery. Their work captures sly figures in lush, overgrown nature, rendered realistically amongst perplexing surreal elements.

Drawing on personal experience growing up half Thai and white in the California Bay Area, their work explores narrative and identity through oil painting. Lain's work is heavily inspired by Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Buddhist themes and artwork, and the storytelling and fantasy of video games.

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