The Year of the Big Bless Interview by Nathaniel Mary Quinn // Portrait by Colin Brennan A few years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Dave—widely known as Mr. StarCity—in Los Angeles on occasion of his gallery solo exhibition, a medley of color-filled, figurative paintings and portraits, expressionistic in nature, embedded with a rare, unique form of honesty and vulnerability, an already courageous and ambitious exhibition made complete with live performances and video works. Prior to our physical encounter, during which we talked and laughed, embraced each other, and touched on a wi...