Artist-Author J Michael Walker, Creator of All the Saints

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=141 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="117" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page of All the Saints of the City "><U>Home</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="109"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="109" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="about_all_the_saints.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About All the Saints of the City of the "><U>The Concept</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book, All the Saints of the City of the "><U>The Book</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="exhibit.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exhibit, All the Saints of the City of t"><U>The Show</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="109"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="109" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="gallery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gallery of Images and Stories of All the"><U>The Stories</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gallery"><U>The Art</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> Artist/Author</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="109"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="109" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blurbs"><U>Praise</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="press.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press and Online Articles about All the "><U>Press</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Molly Barnes Interview"><U>Media</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News about All the Saints of the City of"><U>News</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="calendar_of_events.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar of Events for All the Saints of"><U>Events</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shop"><U>Shop</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="links_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links Related to All the Saints of the C"><U>Links</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="109"><div> <A HREF="mailto:jmichael@allthesaints.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:jmichael@allthesaints.com"><U>Contact</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="109"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="109" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="790" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 81 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1cc0f330.jpg" border=0 width="783" height="51" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 53 ><NOBR><div> Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets - Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18458020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 50 WIDTH="784"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B> </B></FONT>Artist-Author J. Michael Walker</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1073 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="775" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 419 WIDTH="769"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Verdana" ><IMG SRC="1b559630.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="355" ALT="j michael walker, author of all the saints of the city of the angels " ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="7"></FONT>J. Michael Walker<B> </B>came to Los Angeles by way of Mexico - a critical stopover that “explained” L.A. to him: its historical, thriving roots churning beneath the asphalt. </div> <bR> <div> Years of creating thoughtful narrative artworks grounded in the culture of rural Mexico - centered mainly on her patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and other saints - prepared J. Michael for an examination of the “patron saints” of the streets of Los Angeles. </div> <bR> <div> Availing himself of local archives; amassing a library of rare nineteenth and early twentieth century books, photographs and ephemera about Southern California and the hagiography of saints; and walking each of the 103 saint-streets in the City of Los Angeles<I><B> </B></I>“seeking the spirit of the saint” on its namesake street, J. Michael dedicated seven years to what he calls his<I><B> </B></I>“loopy valentine to this amazing city of lost angels and sometime saints, the City of the Angels.”<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#DDDDDD" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 560 WIDTH="769"><div> <IMG SRC="19c5e820.jpg" border=0 width="606" height="386" ALT="j michael walker, author of all the saints of the city of the angels " ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="11" VSPACE="7"></div> <div> An exhibiting artist since 1984, J. Michael Walker has participated in more than 100 exhibitions; received a dozen grants, fellowships and residencies; and enjoyed solo shows at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard; el Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City; the National Museum of Catholic Art and History, East Harlem, New York City; and the Arkansas Arts Center; among others. </div> <bR> <div> J. Michael, his saintly wife Mimí, and their amazing son Jacobo reside in a small but rambling house near Downtown L.A., surrounded by fruit trees, giant koi, the occasional coyote and raccoon, and a never-ending chorus of Southern California songbirds.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="769"><div> Photo Credits: </div> <div> Above left: Photo by Annie Wells </div> <div> Above Right: Photo by Luis Sinco</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <B>All the Saints of the City of the Angels. </B><B>This website  copyright 2008 by J Michael Walker. All rights reserved.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>