David Lynch on painting, meditation, and LA weather

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"Airplane and Tower" by David Lynch
“Airplane and Tower” by David Lynch (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)

David Lynch is well known as an experimental filmmaker, directing such cult classics as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and the surreal TV series Twin Peaks.

He’s also a musician, with two studio albums under his belt, including this year’s The Big Dream, which he performed songs from on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

But Lynch is less known as a visual artist, even though he studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

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David Lynch, at the Kayne Griffin Corcoran gallery in Los Angeles. Photo by Avishay Artsy. (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)

A show of new paintings, drawings and watercolors by Lynch will open at Kayne Griffin Corcoran in Los Angeles will open from Nov. 23 to Jan. 4, and may expose more audiences to other facets of his creative output.

Lynch spoke to KCRW about the new work, his involvement with transcendental meditation, and the weather in Los Angeles.

"He Has Tools" and "His Chemicals" by David Lynch
“He Has Tools” and “His Chemicals” by David Lynch (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)
“Woman’s Dream” by David Lynch
"At 3 A.M. I Am Here With The Red Dream" by David Lynch.
“At 3 A.M. I Am Here With The Red Dream” by David Lynch (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)