Jay Stuckey, “It’s Messy Business”

This L.A. artist’s paintings take a deep dive into his subconscious, which, given how chock-full it seems to be, should probably hang out a NO VACANCY sign. His scenes—including a street, a public pool and what looks like a Burning Man–type festival—teem with figures, many of them naked, rendered in a childlike hand, though any sense of innocence is nullified by a wide variety of debauched and violent behavior.