Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets: Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker
“Art and history coming together at the streetscape level” -William Deverell, Author of Whitewashed Adobe
Stance.

For too long we have been told that Los Angeles is new,
that it has no history:
But the stories of the saints that paper our landscape
date back hundreds, often a thousand, years or more -
and their commingling with the shadow histories
of the Chumash and Tongva natives
who flourished here for millenia before that
cast our recent struggles into sharp relief.

All the Saints of the City of the Angels. This website, all images and text Copyright 2009 by J Michael Walker.
Above photo of J Michael Walker by Luis Sinco, Used by Permission. All rights reserved