* 二月份藝術家--David Stig Hansen

Stig was born in San Francisco in 1967 and became actively artistic after living in Guatemala and becoming inspired by mainly Latin American. Later, while studying Chinese at the Defense Language Institute in California, Stig painted in his barracks and started getting requests and pay from fellow soldiers to paint everything ranging from Punk Band Logos to Flaming Swords to Clowns on Acid. After he was honourably discharged 20 days before Desert Storm, he immersed himself in the California Desert art scene and participated in numerous installations. In the 1992 recession, the Desert experienced a major depression that put many of the galleries out of business. Stig left humiliated and destitute and went to Taiwan to teach English. Stig gave up painting to, as his step-grandfather put it, put his nose to the grindstone and later returned to Monterey to get an MBA. Now Stig is back, mainly painting to decorate his Taipei apartment, but has also dedicated himself to doing portraits. For more: www.stigart.com, stig@stigart.com. Inspiration for Alley Cats painting: The painting was inspired by admiration for the painting of a cat, which the restaurant uses as a logo and a painting called The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Salvador Dali. The type of pizza, which he calls "the Stig" as a 12" Pizza with Pepperoni, Salami and Jalapeno Peppers. Now the cook won't forget what he likes. Stig生於1967年舊金山；在1986年，他旅居於瓜地馬拉，對藝術產生極大的興趣。Stig個人對幾位拉丁籍美國藝術家的作品如Carlos Merida、Rufino Tamayo，和Diego Rivera更是極為欣賞。後來他開始在美國加州的一所語言學校(軍校)學中文；並不時地在他的房間內作畫，當時就有其他同學會跟他買畫並要求他畫出不同的作品，主題多元廣泛，因此他有機會展現自己的才華。在他離開軍營的同時，他前往了加州的沙漠地帶並參與了幾項藝術方面的展覽。在1992年的衰退時期，沙漠地區的藝廊和其他店家的生意都直線下滑，因此Stig離開了這塊傷心地並來到台灣教英文。他暫時放棄了畫畫，連他的繼父都能感受到他的失落。過了不久他又回到了加州蒙特利繼續完成他MBA的學位。幾年之後Stig又再度回到了台灣。現在的他畫畫僅是為了佈置在台北的家，但也開始投入畫人像的創作。想知道更多請上www.stigart.com或stig@stigart.com。Stig在Alley Cat比薩店裡的這座畫-畫裡的貓靈感來自於1931年取名為“The Persistence of Memory”的另一幅畫，他的作者是Salvador Dali。店裡有賣取名為“Stig”的比薩- 這是12吋、加了美式臘腸和墨西哥辣椒的美味。現在，廚房裡的廚師們應該不會忘了他們愛吃的口味囉！