John Lurie: ‘If someone is expecting a step-by-step tutorial on painting, this is not that’ (HBO) Early in 2006, the American artist John Lurie finished work on a watercolour he titled Bear Surprise.

John Lurie's particular style of introspection, all while painting watercolors, can go from serene to outrageous and back at any given moment. I don’t envy the person who has to write the episode ...

Each episode of HBO’s “Painting with John” was at once seemingly random and sharply focused, united by the irascible charisma of painter/musician/actor John Lurie, co-founder of the Lounge Lizards and ...

Get ready to once again be hypnotized by John Lurie’s soothing way of working with watercolors, because HBO has renewed “Painting With John” for a second season, the pay TV channel said Tuesday. Per ...

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When John Lurie was in his mid-teens, his sister gave his older brother a harmonica for his birthday. That, combined with the acquisition of a Little Walter record, had the two brothers obsessed with ...

John Lurie is putting away his watercolors. The actor, musician and painter revealed that his show Painting with John will end with its third season on HBO. The series, which is part meditative ...

Exclusive: "Nobody who knows me wants to hang out with me," jokes the musician-turned-painter in the meta first look at Season 2. “Welcome to ‘Painting with John’ Season Two, the show where I do not ...

For a long time, John Lurie was everywhere. If you cared about American independent art and culture between the mid-'70s and the late '90s, you probably knew about his acting in films such as ...

Nick is a writer who works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has previously written for Indiewire, The Playlist, and Little White Lies. For those among you who are unaware, Painting With John ...

“Painting with John” has been renewed for Season 2 at HBO, Variety has learned. Season one of the unscripted series featured musician, actor, director and painter John Lurie ensconced at his worktable ...