Los Angeles Map Tapestries

An ink map that I made of Thai Town for "California Fool's Gold" in 2010. It may be the only map that I made which is not at all to scale. https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/04/05/california-fools-gold-exploring-thai-town-%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C-on-songkran/

California Sate Map in ocean colors of blue and green

The Semi-Tropic Spiritualists were a group of mediums and clairvoyants who held midnight dances at their Semi-Tropic Park, in the Elysian Heights/Echo Park area between 1905 and 1910. https://ericbrightwell.com/2023/10/11/houses-of-the-hallows-the-semi-tropic-spiritualists-and-the-semi-tropic-park/

Collage

An ink map that I made of Skid Row for "California Fool's Gold." It's titled "The Nickel," because that's what some people refer to the neighborhood as since it's centered on 5th Street. https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/10/25/califoronia-fools-gold-exploring-skid-row-hells-half-acer-aka-the-nickel/

An ink map of did of Downtown Los Angeles's Historic Core for "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2019/03/21/california-fools-gold-exploring-the-historic-core/

California Vintage - Cool design for california lovers. Enjoy summer vibes!

June 2023, I explored Torrance, made a map, and wrote about it here: https://ericbrightwell.com/2023/06/15/california-fools-gold-exploring-torrance/

States of Happynes- California - Smiling, happy yellow California face, with state initials as the eyes. designed by pelagioAM

I painted this map of Solano Canyon, a tiny neighborhood nestled between Chinatown and Elysian Park, for a solo 2014 art show called "Taste of the Mideast Side."

United States flag with letters

An ink and correctional fluid map of the Little India neighborhood in Southeast Los Angeles that I made for "California Fool's Gold" in 2011. https://ericbrightwell.com/2011/05/20/california-fools-gold-exploring-little-india/

Bear Flag, Flag of California, Grizzly bear, “I’m going to California, I’m gonna be a star.”

Bear Flag, Flag of California, Grizzly bear, “I’m going to California, I’m gonna be a star.”

In 1984 Sade rocked the world of geography when she declared LA to Chicago as a coast to coast trip.

Bear Flag, Flag of California, Grizzly bear, “I’m going to California, I’m gonna be a star.”

A perfect piece of art for anyone that loves California

On Lunar New Year's Day of 2022, I visited the small Los Angeles neighborhood of Larchmont Village for my series, California Fool's Gold. https://ericbrightwell.com/2022/02/03/california-fools-gold-exploring-larchmont-village/

Map of Santa Catalina Island. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database License (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Map of Santa Catalina Island. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database License (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Map of Santa Catalina Island. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database License (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

For Bangladeshi Independence Day, 2024, I decided to revisit Little Bangladesh with a new map to reflect its expanding boundaries and to represent the neighborhood with a more aesthetically deliberate map.

California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles.

An ink and correctional fluid map that I made of Hollywood's Little Armenia neighborhood in 2008 for "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2008/10/07/california-fools-gold-exploring-little-armenia/

An ink map of Koreatown I made for "California Fool's Gold" in 2010. For Los Angeles's most densely-populated neighborhood, I decided to go more minimal in a nod to Korean graphic design. https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/05/17/california-fools-gold-exploring-koreatown-%EC%BD%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%ED%83%80%EC%9A%B4/

Altadena is an unincorporated community located in the foothills and flats beneath the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley. I explored and mapped it in 2012 for my series, "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2012/07/17/california-fools-gold-exploring-altadena-the-community-of-the-deodars-2/

An oil paint and ink map of the Montecito Heights neighborhood that I made in 2016 for "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2016/02/12/california-fools-gold-exploring-montecito-heights-the-wilderness-of-the-city/

An ink and oil paint map of the Little Ethiopia neighborhood, in Midtown Los Angeles. I explored the enclave and made this map for "California Fool's Gold" in 2010. (https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/08/03/california-fools-gold-exploring-little-ethiopia-%E1%88%8A%E1%89%B5%E1%88%8D-%E1%8A%A2%E1%89%B5%E1%8B%AE%E1%8C%B5%E1%8B%AB/)

An ink map of the Midtown Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilshire Vista that I did for "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2018/09/07/california-fools-gold-exploring-wilshire-vista/

An oil paint map of Miracle Mile that I did on commission. It was actually my first map pointed with oils -- in honor of the tar beneath the region.

The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of Metro Los Angeles. It's a fascinating region and I made a new map of it for a post about 626 Day (26 June), also known as San Gabriel Valley Day. https://ericbrightwell.com/2022/06/17/happy-626-or-san-gabriel-valley-day/

A topo map of Griffith Park, Los Angeles

Whittier is a city in Southeast Los Angeles (County), separated from the San Gabriel Valley to the north by the Puente Hills and sharing a border with Orange County to the southeast. As of the 2020 Census, it had a population of 87,306, making it the 21st most populous city in Los Angeles County. It’s named after John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker, an abolitionist, and one of the so-called fireside poets. I explored it and drew this map for California Fool's Gold. https://ericbrightwell.com/2022/01/19/california-fools-gold-exploring-whittier/