For four years, artist Barbara A. Thomason roamed her beloved Los Angeles, seeking the vistas, nooks, bridges, signs, streets, and landmarks that most captivated her. Inspired by Hiroshiges acclaimed print series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, this grand project resulted in the one hundred paintings reproduced within. Intimate, often recognizable, and sometimes unexpected, Thomasons paintings capture the vibrant L.S., the quirky L.A., the beautiful L.A.--the essential L.A.--Back cover. 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 HiroshigesOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Los Angeles artist Barbara Thomason captures the charm and personality of her vibrant city, with commentary and history.Barbara Thomason is a Los Angelesbased artist and professor of printmaking, sculpture, and painting at California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her paintings, drawings, and prints have been shown in exhibitions at many galleries, museums, and universities. She received a masters degree in printmaking from California State University, Long Beach, and worked as a master printer in lithography at the renowned Gemini G.E.L., where she printed for Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Ed Ruscha, Ellsworh Kelly, and many others. She has been on the art faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Redlands; Otis College of Art and Design; and other fine institutions.David Ulin is a book critic for the Los Angeles Times and the editor of The Library of AmericasWriting Los Angeles. A collection of unexpected portraits of Los Angeles, inspired by Japanese artist Utagawa HiroshigesOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
