Alfred Twu Painting and Illustration
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-Alfred


                       
Bus Stop at the Center of the Universe, Inside a 51B, Midnight Bus Rapid Transit, Modern Day Dragon      Watercolor and ink on scroll, each approx. 16"x40", 2022.



The Spirit of '21.     Acrylic on canvas, 36"x12", April 2021. The Buchanan Street mass vaccination site at the Golden Gate Fields parking lot in Albany, California



Home Sweet Homes - The Global Village Urbanizes     Ink and watercolor, 18"x10", March 2021
A few of the buildings are based on real buildings, click here for more info.




Missing Small and Missing Large Housing     Ink and watercolor, March 2021. Inspired by Opticos Design's concept of "Missing Middle Housing" - things bigger than a house but smaller than a mid-rise apartment building. Missing Small and Missing Large look beyond the other two edges - smaller than a house, as well as bigger than a mid-rise.



A City of Many Eras.     Ink and watercolor, 12"x9", April 2020



Elmwood District, Berkeley. College and Ashby.     Acrylic on canvas, 20"x162", December 2019



Elmwood District, Berkeley. College and Russell.      Acrylic on canvas, 20"x162", December 2019



The Housing Tarot      2019. Click the image above to view all the cards.


                 
                             
Treehouses!      Watercolor and ink on scroll, each approx. 16"x40", October 2016. Exhibited at Treehouse Society



200 Years of California Chinatowns      December 2015 - January 2016 for show at 1920C (now Treehouse Society) in San Francisco Chinatown. Click the image above for full description of all pieces.


     
           
           
The Seven Rochdale Principles of Cooperation / Cooperatives of the Bay Area
Acrylic on canvas, 18"x24", October-November 2015
Scenes from the Berkeley Student Cooperative, Missing Link Bike Co-op, Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union, Berkeley Student Food Collective, Modern Times Bookstore Collective, Design Action Collective, Berkeley Free Clinic, and Mandela Foods Cooperative.



City Blocks      Acrylic on canvas, 48"x12", June 2015



Chinatown, San Francisco      Acrylic on canvas, 36"x36", May 2015



Mamas Unidas      Acrylic on canvas, 36"x36", April 2015
Made for a community organization in San Jose.


Abundant Housing, San Francisco      Acrylic on canvas, 20"x30", April 2015
From tiny houses to tall buildings, a reimagined city with more homes.


Walnut Creek, the next 100 years      Acrylic on board, 20x28", August 2014
Entered in the Walnut Creek Turns 100 exhibition at Walnut Creek's Bedford Gallery


San Francisco 2030 Skyline      Acrylic on canvas, 24"x48", July 2014


Jay Street Co-op Chicken Coop, Davis, CA      House paint on wood, May 2014


Telegraph Ave Utility Boxes      Acrylic on board, photographed and reproduced on vinyl, February 2014
Located at Telegraph and Blake, Berkeley, CA. Part of Earth Island Institutes's Streets Alive!


Monica's Class, Mariano Lake Community School      Acrylic on clayboard, 18"x24", December 2012
3rd grade class in Mariano Lake near Gallup, NM.


Joes Corner, Niles      Acrylic on canvas, 18"x12", June 2012


Clouds      Acrylic on corkboard, 36"x24", May 2012


Lothlorien Co-op Courtyard      Acrylic on board, 24"x18", May 2012
Courtyard with North House on left, South House on right.



Lothlorien Co-op Kitchen      Acrylic on board, 24"x18", May 2012
workshifters cleaning kitchen and making dinner



Lothlorien Co-op Garden      Acrylic on corkboard, 24"x36", January 2012
View south towards South House porch.



Golden Gate Domes      pencil on paper, 9"x12", January 2012
featuring the Davis Domes



Lothlorien Co-op      pencil on paper, 9"x12", December 2011
View north on Prospect Street.



Food Delivery at Stebbins Co-op      acrylic on wood board, 18"x18", December 2011
Painted outside Stebbins.



Ridge House Co-op      acrylic on wood board, 18"x18", October 2011
Painted in the Ridge House kitchen the day before the 2011 Ridge House Reunion. Two Ridglings are preparing food for the reunion.



Co-op Eco City      acrylic mural, 108"x108", June-September 2011
Celebrating 78 years of cooperative student housing in Berkeley!
Located in Lothlorien Co-op



Ridge House Co-op      acrylic on canvas board, 20"x15", October 2011
Painted from in front of 2420 Ridge Road looking east.



Valley Park and Ride      acrylic on wood, 27.5"x15", April 2011


Strawberry Creek, Downtown Berkeley      acrylic on hardboard, 40.5"x29", April 2011


Dome Sweet Dome      acrylic on plywood, 24"x15.5", April 2011
Currently on display in the Baggins End Yurt.



MacArthur BART      acrylic on wood, 27"x33", April 2011


Crop Circle      acrylic on wood, 32"x18", April 2011


Tree City      acrylic on wood, 48"x24", March 2011


Two Boarders and the Lothlorien Porch Swing      acrylic on canvas, 20"x16", February 2011


Elliot and Caitlyn in the Loth Kitchen      acrylic on corkboard, 20"x16", September 2010
It was someone's birthday! They were making chocolate chip pancakes.


Berkeley Student Food Collective      acrylic mural on plaster, 12'x8', October 2010

located in the BSFC storefront at 2440 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, CA      foodcollective.org


Peach Flower Spring      acrylic mural on gypsum board, 4'x12', 2010
located in Lothlorien Co-op


Bike Lane to the Future      acrylic mural on gypsum board, 7'x3', 2009
located in Lothlorien Co-op


Co-ops of the West Coast      acrylic mural on plaster, 18'x1.5', 2008
located in Lothlorien Co-op. From left to right: The Lorax and the Campbell Club, Baggins End (Davis Domes), Downtown Berkeley, Stebbins, Lothlorien, Chavez House (Santa Cruz), and SoCal. Joint project with Vicky Knox.


Interstate 5, Carlsbad, California      acrylic on canvas, 20"x16", 2008


Joes Corner, Old Niles, Fremont, California      acrylic on illustration board, 12"x9", 2008


Centerville, Fremont, California      acrylic on illustration board, 12"x9", 2008
Maiwand Market has great flatbread.


Northgate West Townhomes, Fremont, California      acrylic on illustration board, 15"x12", 2008
I used to live here!


Homage to the Orange Grove      colored pencil on bristol board, 17"x14", 2006
inspired by Tanukinao


Skylight of the Universe      colored pencil on bristol board, 17"x14", 2006


One Line of Sky      colored pencil on bristol board, 14"x17", 2006
inspired by the Embarcadero BART entrance in downtown San Francisco

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