| the intense, compelling perversity of Munro's lapis and ochre phantasmagorias.

Sometimes forgotten friends pop into my mind and I have to re-google them. Here's a pretty recent article on JP from the LA Weekly:
JP and some other dude Story
They show some work he's done from 2012 so he's still apparently alive and making awesome art!

Here's another link with more of his paintings and a bio n shit.

LA Times one.