{"product_id":"100-not-so-famous-views-of-l-a-hardcover","title":"100 Not So Famous Views of L.A. - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara A. Thomason\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid L. Ulin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant collection of paintings capturing Los Angeles from the eye of a local.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- David L. Ulin, book critic, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn original collection of paintings, \u003ci\u003e100 Not So Famous Views of L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo, \u003c\/i\u003e Los Angeles artist Barbara Thomason captures the charm and personality of her vibrant city, with commentary and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Thomason is a Los Angeles-based artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints have been shown in exhibitions at many galleries, museums and universities. She received a masters in printmaking from California State University, Long Beach and worked as a master printer in lithography at renowned artist workshop 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 California Polytechnic University, Pomona, the University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Redlands, Otis College of Art and Design, and other fine institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 11.6 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769897025824,"sku":"9781938849350","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/750711997f9d4627eae03aea96ae6974.webp?v=1780359203","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/100-not-so-famous-views-of-l-a-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}