Winslow Garage

Winslow Garage is pleased to present The Ancients, a selection of pen-and-ink drawings by Los Angeles artist Ryan Eakins. Centered on the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva), the oldest non-clonal living organisms on Earth, this exhibition showcases portraits of these remarkable trees. Built through thousands of deliberate pen marks, each drawing mirrors the slot accumulation of time that has shaped its subject. Transforming the act of drawing into a meditation on observation and persistence, these obsessively rendered drawings carry an alien strangeness that feels appropriate for these extraordinary ancient organisms.
Ryan T. Eakins is a Los Angeles–based illustrator and comic book artist originally from Chicago. Influenced by the vibrant Chicago comics scene, his work draws inspiration from artists such as Daniel Clowes, Geof Darrow, and Lynda Barry. Largely self-taught, Eakins works primarily in pen and ink, while also incorporating digital media for longer-form narrative projects. His comics have appeared in literary magazines including X-R-A-Y and Cusper. Beyond comics, Ryan’s illustrations have been featured in film and television projects for Warner Bros., Sony, and Netflix, as well as in tabletop role-playing adventure books—and even on beer bottle labels.