Lyndon Barrois, Sr is an LA-based animation director and stop-motion artist.
Lyndon Barrois, Sr. is an artist whose work really stayed with me after our visit. Being in his own space felt very different from seeing work in a gallery. Everything felt closer and more personal. His house was like a carefully curated art museum. Every room was filled with art and design objects, and they made me realize that for him, art isn’t separate from his daily life.
I was really impressed by his tiny gum-wrapper figures. What’s striking about the figures is how specific they are. Many of them are based on real people, especially athletes, and you can tell he’s studying posture, movement, and gesture very closely. Even at such a small scale, the bodies feel accurate. Barrois animates them using stop motion, making the work feel cinematic even though the materials are so simple. The fact that something this small and fragile can be animated without falling apart is very impressive to me. This is clearly a practice built over many years, repeated again and again with focus and care.