9/23/25

ROB HILL x CHRIS LANG

(0:40) I'm kind of believing that, just letting things, you know, happen and letting things flow. (1:08) Did you make it as far as like, did you work with someone or did you craft it yourself? (1:12) 16 gauge steel. Really? Yeah.So, I mean, talk about like, did you develop this style in California? (1:23) Yeah, yeah. Crazy story. When I got out the Coast Guard, I was in the Coast Guard for eight years.(1:30) Okay. Yeah. And then once I got out, I was kind of just wandering around in a sense, (1:34) you know, trying to figure it out, you know, get back into the civilian life and regular world.(1:40) Did the triangles just, was it automatic? I wouldn't say it was automatic. I was like, (1:47) it was like these, all these small stories in between, but like I was, me going back home after (1:53) being in the Coast Guard, I went back to my mom's house and it was like, kind of like restarting, (1:57) trying to figure out where I wanted to go. And yeah, I was going, like cleaning out the garage(2:02) and I found a book and it was called Pyramids.And so it was literally like a fifth grade book, (2:08) but I'm flipping through it and it's just super like detail. You know how like the younger kid (2:13) books are, they're more like illustrated with pictures and stuff like that. So I'm flipping(2:17) through the book.I'm like, man, this is crazy. This is very, you know what I'm saying? Very (2:20) detailed. You can see a lot of the patterns and stuff that they would do, a lot of the symbols (2:24) and things that they would make on the tombs.And I was like, this is what I want to try to do. Like, (2:29) I want to try to mimic this, you know, pyramids and all of these little things. And that's how (2:34) I started with the triangle.Basically, I just took the simplest form. I always think things (2:39) simple. And I was like, you know, I want to not make pyramids.I feel like everybody can (2:44) like make landscapes, but for me to make my own like abstraction. What would you say to someone (2:51) who's looking at you today, looks up to you, wants to be in your shoes? I mean, it depends. If they (2:58) say they want to really be like be an artist, I'll tell them to be their selves like completely (3:01) cold heartedly.You know what I mean? Do you be very mindful of, you know, who you are,(3:07) try to learn yourself as much as possible and be very consistent. A painted clothing quiche. (3:18) Fully hand painted.And do you sell these items? Yeah, they is. It's very rare that I'm making (3:28) them now at the moment. But yeah, they sell.Obviously, paintings, your niche, kind of (3:34) experimenting with, you know, different shapes and textiles and obviously apparel still there. (3:41) Where do you want to see yourself over the next five years? I just want to be able to show my (3:47) work in different museums, different galleries, not just here in the US, but like, you know, (3:53) internationally. And I just want to be able to have a studio that I can create from top to bottom, (4:00) left to right.Yeah.

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