Eva Recinos

Longtime Angelenos get it: We are a people with enviable natural surroundings. We are denizens of mountains and their valleys. We are suntanned creatures splashing in the chilly waters of the Pacific. But while the clichéd images of L.A. seem to eclipse many more complex characterizations of the city, artists......

In the distance between the boarding pass checkpoint and the security line, a traveler's eyes might lock on a few different things: her smartphone, her belongings, other travelers, the line of people ahead putting their shoes back on. Megan Geckler wanted weary travelers to be able to rest their eyes......

Hellen Jo can’t get the mythic figure of the K-Town tough girl out of her head. Even as an adult she admits to “worshipping a delinquent teenage vision.” But the image is so pervasive, it “still drives [her] work today.” Growing up San Jose, the illustrator thought about this badass......

Many creatives resist standard schedules and dull routines. For Camille Rose Garcia, escaping the everyday comes from finding the right music, art and literature for inspiration. It also involves inviting other people into her carefully created compositions. Growing up in Orange County, Garcia felt like her surroundings were “very dry.”......

Selfies are good for lots of things: to prove you visited a major tourist spot, to capture the moment you met your favorite celebrity or — take it from the Kardashians — to show off your flawless makeup and outfit on a daily basis. A local bar arcade has given the......

Hollywood is chock-full of representations of celebrities, from images on billboards to wax figures in Hollywood Boulevard museums. As tourists flock to the area to see the stars on the Walk of Fame, the rest of Los Angeles keeps its distance. Not far from the center of the celebrity-worship universe,......

L.A. continually struggles to find its footing when it comes to public art. While graffiti proves a nuisance to some city officials, plenty of citizens keep fighting the good fight to preserve the art of graffiti. Murals define so many parts of the city, even while artists seem to struggle......

From her studio in Highland Park, Deedee Cheriel can gaze out at the natural elements that surround her. Trees, mountains and Southern California's greenery serve as the backdrop for the sound of birds chirping. Stepping into her workspace, a studio that sits close to her home, Cheriel often takes the......

We see them online all the time: posts that tell you what your stripper name or first child’s name would be based random bits of information, like the month of your birthday or the last vegetable you ate. The words get matched to result in ridiculous combinations. For instance, one......

Depictions of aliens in art run the gamut from funny to creepy to cliched. We all have our own ideas — influenced by books, pop culture and campfire stories — about what creatures from other planets might look like.  But few artists portray aliens like Robin Eisenberg does. In her......