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.

Barbara Thomason is a Los Angeles-based artist and professor of printmaking, sculpture, and painting at California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her paintings, drawings, and prints have...