TROELS CARLSEN Finally, a figurative painter again, with a believably disturbing world. The images celebrate the annoyingly grotesque. The loud, colossal language reminds me of the World of Warhammer.

Alexis Ross Browsing through a bookstore in Vancouver I came across a reprint of Mr. Girard's Hong Kong book. I came back to LA with it as if I had found some great secret. Apparently I was the last to know what everyone had been knowing. Still, I can't get enough of the lighting and textures of these locations. For many of these places I would like to roll over and die in them.