100 Not So Famous Views of L.A.
A vibrant collection of paintings capturing Los Angeles from the eye of a local.
"Thomason paints as a native, capturing Los Angeles at the level of its streets…. this is Los Angeles without its history of forgetting, no longer rootless, placeless, but instead, through Thomason’s transforming imagination, the embodiment of place.”
― David L. Ulin, book critic, Los Angeles Times
An original collection of paintings, 100 Not So Famous Views of L.A. offers intimate, often recognizable, sometimes unexpected glimpses of a city known and loved by the artist. Inspired by nineteenth-century Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Los Angeles artist Barbara Thomason captures the charm and personality of her vibrant city, with commentary and history.
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Book details
- Author
- Barbara Thomason
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Art › Individual Artists
Travel › United States › West
Art › Techniques › Painting - Topics
- Los Angeles · urban landscapes · painting · California art · city life · travel art · Japanese artistic tradition
- ISBN-13
- 9781938849350
About the author
BARBARA A. THOMASON is a painter, printmaker, and the author and artist of 100 Not So Famous Views of L.A., a series of 100 paintings of Los Angeles inspired by the Japanese printmaker Hiroshige.
Thomason holds a Master’s Degree in printmaking from California State University, Long Beach. She has taught painting, drawing, and printmaking at Cal Poly Pomona, Otis College of Art and Design, the University of California Santa Cruz, the University of Redlands, Ryman Arts at USC, and the University of Alaska, and served as gallery director at the University of Redlands Peppers Art Gallery for five years.
Barbara lives in Los Angeles.