Julien Nguyen might be our last great painter, saying this may seem like a very serious statement, but then again there is something truly serious about art, at least for Julien. Julien’s work is an homage to the renaissance and impressionist periods of art with his unmistakable contemporary flare. For Julien, it’s worth mixing the pigment for hours on end to create that light that shines through behind the painting. There's something divine in the paint, maybe it’s the same divinity that was painted onto the plaster walls of churches. Or maybe it’s in the way Flemish work seems to be looking back at you. Julien's fluency in culture both past and present allow him to dissect niches of European master painting styles, moments of the Vietnam War, and conversation about gender. In Julien’s words, “The paintings dictate the rhythm of [his] existence”, and of course we found him painting.