Self-taught artist Julian Pace credits The Cabin LA Residency for giving him the time and space he  needed to truly focus on and refine his practice. Julian Pace’s David depicts an image of the artist  David Hockney with his beloved Dachshunds, Stanley and Boodgie. When Pace arrived at The Cabin  LA, he created a series of five works of artists or artworks that inspired him: Frida Kahlo, the Mona  Lisa, Picasso, and David Hockney (along with a portrait of Dennis Rodman, another giant in his own  field). Like Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe, Pace treats images of famous people like icons whose personas  have grown to become more than the subjects themselves. But Pace’s rendition is his own mix ⎯ he  doesn’t take the subjects too seriously often blowing up the shoulders of the images in a blow-up doll  manner. Pace said this about how his process changed when he met First: “When I came to Los  Angeles, I had a space in First’s residency, this big garage studio, and so I was able to do bigger  works. That was huge because I could…go bigger… I wouldn't be here without him. Basically, to be  able to do them bigger, like imposing gigantic statues, I think, was the breakthrough…it turns them  into these colossal Greek and Egyptian behemoths.” Pace is represented by Simchowitz Gallery.