Gorgeous artwork — “Stranger by the Lake (Bare Ass Creek)” by Ken Gun Min, which made for an amazing puzzle from Kinstler. What a fun puzzle! Also, pretty challenging! Lots of little colored or patterned sections, but so many that it was a little too busy for me to solve in a very organized fashion. … Not that I’m necessarily a very focused and organized puzzler anyway. Loved it.
1000 pieces, 26.5″ x 19.25″ portrait, random cut … original artwork size 92×70″
Kinstler’s website on this puzzle says:
Ken Gun Min’s paintings explore intimacy, masculinity, and representation across cultures, while employing a mixture of western-style oil paints, Korean pigments, embroidery, and beading on raw canvas. Often featuring nude and queer-coded men, his portraits and lush landscapes concoct fanciful idylls filled with longing, melancholy, and euphoria. Stranger by the Lake (Bare Ass Creek) is Min’s tribute to a once-popular LA nude sunbathing and trysting spot in Angeles National Forest that was ravaged by fire in 2009.
- artist: Ken Gun Min (bio at Nazarian / Curcio gallery)
- makers: Kinstler (link : hellokinstler.com)
- features: 1000 pieces, cardboard, random cut
- subjects: nature, water, people, swimming, queer
- puzzling: 2025, LQ
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